Secrets Of Nature - Down Under 1930

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Pro Patria Films Ltd presentation. Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd.

Time lapse photography of roots growing underground. The root is marked with dots to show how most of the growth takes place in a very small section of the root. Microscope shot of the tip of a root. Jelly-like...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84796
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:41:23:00 / 01:51:05:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2949.08
Issue Date:
1930

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