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Quick Info

IMDb
Rating
9.0/10
Release2013
Runtime0h 59m
StatusReleased
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
Production
National Media Museum
BFI National Archive
BBC
Mentorn Media
Movie

Edwardian Insects on Film

2013
0h 59m
9.0
Documentary

Synopsis

In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.

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