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Record information – Brief A Plant With Nerves : The Sensitive Plant
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1920/1924 ?Item number (ISN):416327Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.Accession:1972-0105Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1920/1924 ?Production company:PathéCountry of production:cnDistributor name:Ontario Motion Picture BureauDescription:This film shows the application of various influences on the Mimosa Pudica (also known as the Sensitive Plant). The footage shows: close-up of man placing a potted plant on a table; extreme close-up of fern-like plant; extreme close-up pencil tip touching leaves of the plant; extreme close-up of pencil tip touching plant leaves and leaves begin to close up; extreme close-up of pencil tip touching the stalk of the plant and the leaves closest to the stalk start to close up; close-up of plant being affected by chloroform; man placing chloroform pad close to the plant and covering the plant with a glass bell; leaves closing up and plant "going to sleep"; close-up of plant reacting to heat; an electric bulb placed near the plant and leaves closing up; demonstration of the plant's sensitivity to light; lights are dimmed and the leaves close up.Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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