Secrets Of Nature - Sundew 1930

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Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd.

Plant called a "sundew" lives in swamps and bogs. Through time lapse photography we see the flowers grow and open. Seed case of the sundew. We see the young plant grow in water. The sundew plant is seen beside a pin head to show its size. Each time...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
71094
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:21:44:00 / 01:30:34:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1805.04
Issue Date:
1930

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