MICROSCOPIC MYSTERIES

Series: MGM oddities series

Duration: 1 reel

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production available only to schools. "This picture shows some interesting aspects of the natural life habits and activities of certain insects. A family of ants drink from a dew drop on a plant. A spider is introduced. Then ant lions, the natural enemy of the ants, are trapping their victims by digging pits into which the ants fall. Commentary by Pete Smith contains a number of facetious remarks. There is a musical accompaniment containing selections from music by Grieg, Mendelssohn, and others."

Complete Record: Series: MGM oddities series Dewey number: 595.7 Audience level: el-jh-sh Format/cost: 16-sd-apply Distributors / rental: University of Minnesota $1; Syracuse University $1.50; University of North Carolina; Ohio Department of Education; University of Wisconsin $1.25

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946