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Man Against a Fungus

1955 38 min
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This film dramatically portrays a struggle that is waged annually in wheat-growing areas--man against the wheat rust fungus. Views of the destruction caused during rust epidemics emphasize the urgency with which plant pathologists are endeavoring to breed resistant wheats and, eventually, to annihilate the blight. Animation, time-lapse photography and cinephotomicrography illustrate the life cycle of the fungus and the complex alternation of generations which poses one of the chief problems.

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This film dramatically portrays a struggle that is waged annually in wheat-growing areas--man against the wheat rust fungus. Views of the destruction caused during rust epidemics emphasize the urgency with which plant pathologists are endeavoring to breed resistant wheats and, eventually, to annihilate the blight. Animation, time-lapse photography and cinephotomicrography illustrate the life cycle of the fungus and the complex alternation of generations which poses one of the chief problems.

  • director
    Maurice Constant
  • script
    Maurice Constant
  • producer
    Guy Glover
  • photography
    Grant Crabtree
  • cinephotomicrography
    J.V. Durden
    Maurice Constant
  • time-lapse cinematography
    J.V. Durden
    Maurice Constant
  • editing
    J.V. Durden
  • sound
    George Croll
  • animation
    Barry Helmer
  • narrator
    Geoffrey Hogwood
    William Needles
  • music
    Louis Applebaum

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