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Spider Engineers (1956)

1956 · Ephemeral film · 15 min

  • Short

Synopsis

A detailed overview on spiders and their skills in the nature.

Synopsis from OMDb

Details

Running time
15 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
SpiderEngine

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Cool spiders, poor commentary · Biflspud · 2004-03-28

Creationism-heavy (particularly the ending) comparison between how mankind does feats of complex engineering, and how the "lowly" spider does. The footage is excellent, and watching spiders do their thing is fun (unless you're a severe arachnophobe). Turn down the volume and enjoy the spider show.

★★★★ · We Love You Spider! · Spuzz · 2005-06-18

Very good overviews of different types of spiders featured here, featuring some you've heard of (trapdoor - Check!) to some you have not( the Bolan spider, "Who of course get their name from the argentenian weapon"). All presented here with very very interesting trivia. I'm sure you'll find it all quite interesting. The one thing that brings this down, is the curious theologican standpoint the film has when it constantly repeats that surely, the spider is a gift from God! Rather unneccessary for a high school science film if I may say (unless it was made for catholic schools)