The housefly (3rd edition)

Duration: 0:15:00

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses cinemacrography, stop-action and time-lapse sequences, and animation to define and describe the functions of a fly's anatomy. Demonstrates the various body parts, such as wings which move 200 times a second, legs, feet, eyes, and mouth. Explains that by living off garbage and animal waste, flies pick up germs and become disease carriers to other organisms, including people. Observes female flies laying their eggs and watches as the eggs metamorphose into adult flies.

Complete Record:

1 user has this film:
Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive

Related films:

Original permalink · Record added: 2024-04-20 22:23:30