Film Record: Mystery of the Monarchs

Still of Mystery of the Monarchs pictured in the PSA Journal, Nov. 1960, 40.

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Lee Ruffner

Harry Ruffner

Languages:

English

Length:

550 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1960

Description:

"The monarch butterfly comes home to the butterfly trees at Pacific Grove, California, from Canada and the Pacific Northwest, in the early fall. School children, with the help of the grownups, stage a colorful parade in honor of these monarchs. The habits and complete life cyce unfold before us; the butterfly, eggs, larva or caterpillar, chrysalis, and the emergence of the new butterfly. A fascinating subject presented beautifully" PSA Journal, Nov. 1960, 40.

Locations:

• Pacific Grove, CA. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Insects
•           Butterflies

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

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