Film Record: Birth of a Caterpillar, The

Still image from The Birth of a Caterpillar in Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 447.

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Jay T. Fox

Languages:

English

Length:

175 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1950 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"Citheronia Regalis, the Royal Walnut Moth, or Hickory Horned Devil are some of the ringing appellations admiring entomologists have given the colorful caterpillar on which Jay T. Fox has chosen to turn his microcinematographic attention. The result, The Birth of a Caterpillar, is an excellent example of scientific filming. In it, Mr. Fox records the egg, embryonic and finally emerging stages of his subject with sound scientific knowledge, exceptional technical ability and obvious patience." Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 468.

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Insects

Genre:

• Nature

Form:

• Short

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