Edwardian Insects on Film

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

59 minutes

Year:

2013

Director:

John Holdsworth

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Company:

National Media Museum,

BFI National Archive,

BBC,

Mentorn Media

Cast:

Self - Presenter

Self

Self - Science Museum, London

Self - Film Archivist

Self - Entomologist

Crew:

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

Editor

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