Micro Nature 1938

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Four reels of unedited material. Shots of various organic things under a microscope. Also some x-ray footage and time lapse animation footage. As there are no intertitles it is impossible to say what is being filmed most of the time. Leader states that this is material filmed by Percy Smith who was...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
91324
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:07:05:00 / 01:35:24:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3304.02
Issue Date:
1938

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