(Edwardian Insects on Film)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

59 minutes

Year:

2013

Directors:

John Holdsworth

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Production companies:

National Media Museum,

BFI National Archive,

BBC,

Mentorn Media

Actors:

Self - Presenter

Self

Self - Science Museum, London

Self - Film Archivist

Self - Entomologist

Crews:

Director

Sound Mixer

Editor

Executive Producer

Production Manager