Nature's builders

A simple introductory program that looks at three of nature’s builders: the swallow, the spider, and the caterpillar. Shows how they instinctively go about constructing their homes and indicates the purpose of each home.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Ken J. Widdowson

production company

Educational Media International

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325242

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Habitations

Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior

Animals & Wildlife → Caterpillars

Animals & Wildlife → Spiders

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/81982--natures-builders/ |title=Nature's builders |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=4 February 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1984

Please note