Animals in Winter/ Animals in Spring/ Animals in Summer (3 films)

Duration: 1200 ft.

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Complete Record: 1)Discusses such animal adaptations to winter as protective coloration, storing of food, adding layers of fat, and hibernation. Shows the winter habitats of the badger, woodchuck, chipmunk, owls, rabbit, porcupine, bobcat, and fox. Describes the fluctuating seasonal changes larvae undergo.(b&w) badger, hound DOG, woodchuck, chipmunk prepare for winter, caterpillar spins a cocoon, rabbit, porcupine in snow, bobcat, fox, etc. 2) Shows the activities of a variety of animals in spring. Pictures such things as salamander eggs hatching, various birds building nests, a luna moth emerging from its cocoon, tent caterpillars hatching from eggs, and a variety of other bird, insect and mammal spring activities. (color) 3) Pictures some habits, hunting tactics, and behavior of a variety of animals in the simmer. Shows a red-winged blackbird, a duck and her duckling, trout, a tadpole, a squirrel, young foxes, porcupine, white-tailed deer, geese and goslings, and black bear cubs. Portrays also the emergence of the adult dragonfly from the naiad, a garter snake seeking food, a spider capturing a grasshopper, and a barn owl catching and eating a wood mouse. (color) Shows a dozen or more common animals of the woods during the summer months, seeking food and sheltering their young.