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Edwardian Insects on Film (2013)

ALL 03/19/2013 (en) Documentary 59 Min
  • Release
    03/19/2013
  • Production
    National Media Museum, BFI National Archive, BBC, Mentorn Media
  • Rotten tomato
    90%
  • Original title
    Edwardian Insects on Film
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. John Holdsworth

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Rich Wheat

    Editor

  4. John Holdsworth

    Producer



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  1. Charlie Hamilton James

    Self - Presenter

  2. David Attenborough

    Self

  3. Dr Tim Boon

    Self - Science Museum, London

  4. David Cleveland

    Self - Film Archivist

  5. Tim Cockerill

    Self - Entomologist

  6. Bryony Dixon

    Self - Curator, Silent Film, BFI

  7. Jenny Hammerton

    Self - Film Archivist

  8. Michael Harvey

    Self - National Media Museum

  9. Percy Smith

    Self - archive footage

  10. John Winder

    Self - Scientist & Collector

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 9

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Edwardian Insects on Film (2013) 59 Min

ALL 03/19/2013 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 03/19/2013
  • Production
    National Media Museum, BFI National Archive, BBC, Mentorn Media
  • Original title Edwardian Insects on Film
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. John Holdsworth

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Rich Wheat

    Editor

  4. John Holdsworth

    Producer



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