A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short.

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life...

Mary Field edits the time-lapse photography of F. Percy Smith to show the life cycle of ferns and related plants.

The Strangler shows the life history of dodder, from its earliest stage as a seedling, to its parasitic stage feeding off its host.

A short documentary study of hops, barley and yeast, and how they interact.

Short documentary showing infusoria in a wine-glass.

Micro-cinematography is used to show how plants transform their secretions into other substances.

Short nature documentary by Mary Field and F. Percy Smith.

Mosses are seen on walls, old roofs and in hedgerows.

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

High speed photography used to show the seed dispersal methods of various plants.

Time lapse photography of roots growing underground. Part of the “Secrets of Nature” series.

The life cycle of the larva of the phantom-fly. Released in a silent (1926) and sound (1930) version.

A life history of the Frog. Released in a silent (1929) and sound (1930) version.

If you are sitting comfortably then Archie the Ant will begin his bedtime story, although sadly Archie’s creator left it unfinished. Frank Percy...

The struggle between plants for existence and methods of seed dispersal. The plant movements are shown at twenty thousand times their normal speed...

Nature’s Handiwork presents the marvelous and critical stages of transformation of caterpillars, moths and butterflies. Through microscopic...

A documentary look at the harmonagraph, a mechanical device that uses a swinging pendulum to draw patterns.