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Living Jewels (1964)

1964 · Ephemeral film · 9 min · dir. Maurice Guillon

  • Documentary

Synopsis

"Some of the most beautiful insects of France. Coleoptera (beetles, beetles, longhorn beetles, etc.). Lepidoptera: eggs, caterpillars, pupae, accelerated birth (zygène), slow flights (papilio, zygène, sphinx, etc.). Parasitic and predatory insects: braconid, pentatomide, ammophile, mantis.

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Details

Director
Maurice Guillon
Released
1964-01-01
Original title
Joyaux Vivants
Running time
9 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · NEXT! · Spuzz · 2014-02-26

Great film about small animal life in the ocean. Some creatures, like the Sea anemones are well known, but there's some creatures I hadnt seen before in this film. A shame the filmmakers dont say what they are though. Nice camera work too.