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Season 1922

  • S1922E01 Fathoms Deep Beneath the Sea

    This documentary instructional film, directed by H.M. Lomas in the Secrets of Nature series, features a variety of sea creatures, filmed at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth.

  • S1922E02 The Cuckoo's Secret

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by Edgar Chance in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the life cycle of the cuckoo.

  • S1922E03 The White Owl

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the life cycle of the white owl (snowy owl).

  • S1922E04 Skilled Insect Artisans

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the life cycle of a butterfly.

  • S1922E05 The Battle of the Ants

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the conflict between two colonies of wood ants.

  • S1922E06 (Please Delete)

Season 1926

  • S1926E01 Busy Bees

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the life cycle of three species of bees.

Season 1927

  • S1927E01 The Plants of the Pantry

    This 1927 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and shot by F. Percy Smith in the Secrets of Nature series, is about mold, which grows on household food such as cheese and spreads in flower-like patterns. The film uses close-up and animation techniques.

  • S1927E02 Floral Co-Operative Societies

    This British black-and-white documentary film, directed and shot by F. Percy Smith and produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about pollination in flowers.

Season 1930

  • S1930E01 The Aphis

    A film showing the features and reproduction of Aphides.

  • S1930E02 Peas and Cues

    Biological study of the growth and reproduction of peas.

  • S1930E03 Scarlett Runner & Co.

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, shows the life cycle of the broad bean (fava bean) plant in time-lapse photography.

  • S1930E04 The Strangler

    The story of the dodder, one of the convolvulus family.

Season 1931

  • S1931E01 Magic Myxies

    The subject is a curious and voracious organism on the borderline between plant and animal. In time-lapse photo-micrography it is seen to reproduce, to digest food, to invade other plants and to lie dormant during drought and cold.

  • S1931E02 The World in a Wine Glass

    This British short black-and-white documentary film, directed by F. Percy Smith in the Secrets of Nature series, is about infusoria, which are minute aquatic creatures that can grow in a glass of water and can be seen under a microscope. The film uses close-up techniques and time-lapse photo-micrography.

  • S1931E03 The Bittern

    This British black-and-white documentary film, directed by Walter Higham, is about the life cycle of the rare bittern bird.

Season 1932

  • S1932E01 Romance in a Pond

    This British short black-and-white documentary film, directed by F. Percy Smith in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the life cycle of newts.

  • S1932E02 The Nightingale

    This British black-and-white documentary film, produced by British Instructional Films in the Secrets of Nature series, is about the nightingale.

Season 1933

  • S1933E01 Brewster's Magic

    Hops, barley and yeast are presented in turn.

  • S1933E02 Gathering Moss

    Mosses are seen on walls, old roofs and in hedgerows. Shots are seen at close range of capsule, seta and spores. Germination of the latter to the protonemal stage is shown.