Wonders in the desert

United States, 1953

Film
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A young girl and her younger brother take a walk in the desert, where they discover an adult and a baby jack rabbit, a wild female burro and her young one, a lizard, a horned lizard, chuckwalla, a pocket mouse and a desert tortoise.

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Credits

production company

Churchill-Wexler Film Productions

Duration

00:10:15:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1953

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323174

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Nature study

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Biology - Juvenile films

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Desert ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Juvenile films

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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