Director: Various
Year: 2010
Country: UK
Language: Silent and Sound
Length: 200 mins
Format: PAL | R2
Colour: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33: 1
Certificate: E

Synopsis

Secrets of Nature, a pioneering series exploring animal, plant and insect life, made wondrous worlds and natural processes visible for the first time. These films, made by enterprising men and women at the forefront of science and nature filmmaking, developed groundbreaking techniques of time-lapse, microscopic and underwater cinematography. Paving the way for the natural history programmes that we know and love today, these films grant us an absorbing glimpse into the mysteries of the natural world.

Film Listing

The techniques:
- Fathoms Deep Beneath The Sea (1922, 13 mins)
- The Plants Of The Pantry (1927, 13 mins)
- Magic Myxies (1931, 10 mins)
- The World In A Wine-glass (1931, 8 mins)
- Romance In A Pond (1932, 9 mins)
- Brewster's Magic (1933, 8 mins)

The birds:
- The Cuckoo's Secret (1922, 17 mins)
- The White Owl (1922, 12 mins)
- The Bittern (1931, 9 mins)
- The Nightingale (1932, 9 mins)

The insects:
- Skilled Insect Artisans (1922, 9 mins)
- The Battle Of The Ants (1922, 12 mins)
- Busy Bees (1926, 11 mins)
- The Aphis (1930, 9 mins)

The plants:
- Floral Co-operative Societies (1927, 12 mins)
- Peas And Cues (1930, 9 mins)
- Scarlet Runner & Co (1930, 10 mins)
- The Strangler (1930, 11 mins)
- Gathering Moss (1933, 9 mins)

Special Features

- Percy Smith With Herons (1921, 3 mins)
- New essays and notes, film notes, photographs and illustrations