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The Green Giants--The Story of Plants

Today beneath our feet we find dwarf plants which once were green giants of the Coal Age. We may hold a fossil in our hands of a plant that live 250,000,000 years ago, yet looked very much like a fern of today. The club mosses, horsetails and ferns, mostly miniature plants in northern forests, once grew to be 60-1000 feet tall in the warm, damp climate of the Carboniferous Period. Out of a terrarium, which you might set up in your living room, will unfold this story of a past age of plant life. You will find out how these simple plants reproduce by spores, and you’ll learn how to keep them in a miniature world.

More in Discovery II Series

  1. AGE OF DINOSAURS 1956
  2. AMAZING BIRD 1956
  3. BEFORE BACKBONES—THE STORY OF THE EARLY INVERTEBRATES 1956
  4. CRYSTALS—JEWELS OF TIME 1956
  5. EXPLORER WITH A PAINT BRUSH— AUDUBON 1956
  6. Heart - Blacksmith Of The Earth 1956
  7. Heat - Blacksmith Of The Earth 1956
  8. HEAT—BLACKSMITH OF THE EARTH 1956
  9. HOW DO YOU KNOW? BIRD IDENTIFICATION 1956
  10. JOURNEYS ON WING 1956
  11. LET'S BUILD A MOUNTAIN 1956
  12. LIFE IN A POND 1956
  13. LIFE OF A TREE 1956
  14. LIFE'S BUILDING BLOCKS 1956
  15. NEW LIFE FROM OLD— REPRODUCTION 1956
  16. PRAYING MANTIS 1956
  17. REPTILES OF TODAY 1956
  18. SIX-LEGGED CLASS 1956
  19. THE ORCHIDS 1956
  20. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE— CHARLES DARWIN 1956
  21. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE—CHARLES DARWIN 1956
  22. WATER—SCULPTOR OF THE LAND 1956
  23. WAYS OF THE ANT 1956
  24. WEBS AND THEIR WEAVERS 1956
  25. WHAT BONES CAN TELL US 1956

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record

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