Ant Colony 1950

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Description

Hampstead, London.

C/Us of ants crawling about - could be seen through a microscope? Seems to be just their silhouettes, as if they are seen through tissue paper lit from behind.

We then see Animal Behaviourist Derek Wragge Morley doing research work into ants. He puts a clump of earth...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34438
Sort Number:
NP 293
Time in/Out:
01:15:35:00 / 01:17:12:00
Canister:
NP 293
Film ID:
1277.11
Issue Date:
24/04/1950

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