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Edwardian Insects on Film

Mar 19, 2013

0h 59m

★ 9.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

National Media Museum

BFI National Archive

BBC

Mentorn Media

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Cast

Self - Presenter

Charlie Hamilton James

Self

David Attenborough

Self - Science Museum, London

Dr Tim Boon

Self - Film Archivist

David Cleveland

Self - Entomologist

Tim Cockerill

Self - Curator, Silent Film, BFI

Bryony Dixon

Self - Film Archivist

Jenny Hammerton

Self - National Media Museum

Michael Harvey

Self - archive footage

Percy Smith

Self - Scientist & Collector

John Winder

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