"This amateur film captures Edwin and Minnie Mayer’s worldwide adventure across Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe in the 1950s. This segment documents stops in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Malaysia" Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
Produced by Pyramid Films, the film was originally shown on the Smothers brothers comedy hour television program and is a kinestasis film using kaleidoscopic views of still pictures to summarize the year 1968 (Archive.org).
"Work of Nature–The Micro-Aquatic Realm takes us to the Appalachian mountain region of the United States where, in not more than 18 inches of water, and at times aided by a microscope, we meet soft water snails, flatworms, protozoan organisms of one cell and multi-cell, small flies, water skimming spiders, one of over 700 species of fresh water mites less than 1/10 of an inch in length, cyclops 1/15 of an inch, and a little crab scarcely 1/25 of an inch" PSA Journal, Sept. 1965, 50.
"Work of Nature–in Florida takes us to this tropical state for a glimpse of many forms of wild life including the ever present alligator and the night prowling raccoon, but mostly this is a film about bird life. We see good glimpses of the snowy egret, the wood duck, night heron, hawk, wood stork, cormorant, little blue heron, grackle, macaw, cockatoo, peacocks and many others. A good narration, well delivered and full of factual information, keeps this film moving. It was winner of the MPD Nature Film Award" PSA Journal, Sept. 1964, 50.
"With the melting of the winter's ice and snow, waterfowl, animals, insects and flowers begin to awaken. Through migration, nesting, family rearing and training, the seasons pass. As the last of the fall colors are gradually covered with ice and snow, the migration reverses, it is winter again, and the cycle closes as it began. This film was awarded the Dick Bird Nature Trophy" PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 42.
"On college student work campers from the Hartwick Seminary and the farmers' cooperative movement in Cooperstown." National Archives.
"Shows the process of gathering and using wool from the sheep to the mitten. The process includes shearing and spinning." Minnesota Historical Society.
"With a sensitive feeling for nature's changing patterns, even in her least productive season, Herman E. Dow has captured the flavor and beauty of New England's quiet countryside in Woods and Waters of Winterland. Closeups of streams trickling through icebound banks and selective compositions of snow-laden boughs and bleak branches contribute to the overall theme of a pleasant scenic study. A musical accompaniment for the film is well chosen and recorded." Movie Makers, Dec. 1952, 341.
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Amateur Cinema