Secrets Of Nature - Plants Of The Underworld 1930

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Pro Patria presentation. Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd.

Small mushroom like plant seen growing through time lapse photography. Other toadstools and mushrooms grow. Story of the fungus family. Single cells highly magnified. A sewing needle is used to show how tiny the fungus cells...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
83531
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:16:45:00 / 01:27:20:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2885.04
Issue Date:
1930

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