Insect Zoo

Insect Zoo Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - A Paul Burnford Production 14:01:08 Susan runs up to help Ted make insect zoo outdoors on table top; hands him bottle w/ katydid similar to grasshopper or cricket. Put into bottle w/ leaves. CUs. 14:02:21 CU cage built for pet cricket, puts apple slice in & adds cricket. Susan looks at black field cricket w/ magnifying glass. Extreme CU. Put into cage. 14:03:40 CU eggs on butterfly on vine leaf w/ caterpillars eating, chrysalis, full-grown butterfly. Put into jar. 14:04:27 CU butterfly w/ wing pattern. CU of antenna showing nobs on end. 14:04:44 Susan looking thru milkweed fluff, finds milkweed bug, CU. Adds to jar w/ others. CU aphids; ladybird beetle. 14:05:59 Susan brings ant-house in frame. CUs ant tunnel & ants moving thru. Moistens sponge for moisture for ants. 14:06:58 Extreme CU of praying mantis. Moth fed to it; eating. Gives drop of water from eye dropper. 14:08:08 Summation showing various insects w/ close ups. Additional shots of milkweed bug & ladybird beetle eating aphids. 14:09:43 Praying mantis captures honeybee & eats. The End. Animals; Biology; Elementary School Science Projects; 1950s; 1940s; 1950; Educational Films; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.