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I had a chance to watch a video "The world you never see" by Oxford
Scientific Films. It looks really old, but of excellent quality. How old? No earlier than 1968 or later than 1982. The cameras shown on the video were all old-fashioned film cameras. All the scenes were shot in Oxford, or the surrounding countryside. It was a compilation of short films, some of which must have been made earlier. The text was written by Colin Willock. Narration by Peter Scott. Photography by: Gerald Thompson - hatching of a mosquito & a butterfly & egglaying of an ichneumon fly Peter Parkes - life in a drop of water & embryology of a hen's egg John Cooke - segestria spider - had recently moved to the NY Museum of natural history John Paling - trout spawning & puffballs David Thompson - mole in a tunnel Sean Morris - slow motion bees landing and fast motion seedlings and flowers The highest technology of the time was described as "space satellites". It was one of the Survival wildlife series, though this could have happened later. I really liked all of it but particularly the "life in a drop of water" segment. |