Gift of Green (1946)
1946 · Ephemeral film · 16 min · dir. David Flaherty
- Documentary
Synopsis
Explains through animation the process of photosynthesis, and discusses its importance to our daily lives.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- David Flaherty
- Writer
- David Flaherty
- Studio
- Robert Flaherty Productions Inc.
- Released
- 1946-01-01
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- GiftofGr1946
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Biology
Cast & crew
- David Flaherty Director
David Allen
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Russian Cinematography is alive! · Spuzz · 2003-06-29
This is quite an interesting class science film, made with many types of animation and exploring many subjects probably so students at the time wouldn't get bored. We start with a very colorful and contrasty tableau of green plants which bring to mind many early Russian color films (which I'm sure the producers were trying to achieve). Then it delves into a somewhat boring scinece gobblydook of science for a while, but do not worry, as it starts to get interesting again with it's stop motion animation and then a brief exploration of dinosaurs. All in all, a somewhat interesting piece.
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