Edwardian Insects on Film (2013)


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59min | Documentary | Mar 19, 2013 | Released

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.

Director: John Holdsworth

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David Cleveland

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Bryony Dixon

Herself - Curator, Silent Film, BFI

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Jenny Hammerton

Herself - Film Archivist

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Michael Harvey

Himself - National Media Museum

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Percy Smith

Himself - archive footage

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John Winder

Himself - Scientist & Collector

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Dr Tim Boon

Himself - Science Museum, London

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Tim Cockerill

Himself - Entomologist

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Emma Morgan

Executive Producer

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Rich Wheat

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Naomi Carter

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Lucy Muldoon

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Tim Gillett

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