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The Colour of Life

1955 23 min
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This film probes the perennial miracle of the growth of a seedling, the seasonal upsurge of life in a forest giant, and the mysterious alchemy of a single leaf. Presented in magnified dimension through time-lapse photography and animated diagrams, a maple leaf and segments of a tree serve to illustrate the physiological processes that go on in all plants.

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This film probes the perennial miracle of the growth of a seedling, the seasonal upsurge of life in a forest giant, and the mysterious alchemy of a single leaf. Presented in magnified dimension through time-lapse photography and animated diagrams, a maple leaf and segments of a tree serve to illustrate the physiological processes that go on in all plants.
Plants Environment and Conservation All subjects
  • director
    J.V. Durden
  • producer
    J.V. Durden
  • script
    J.V. Durden
  • executive producer
    Guy Glover
  • camera
    Dalton Muir
    J.V. Durden
  • sound
    George Croll
  • editing
    Douglas Robertson
  • animation
    Evelyn Lambart
    Robert Verrall
  • narrator
    Tom McBride
    Elwood Glover
  • music
    Robert Fleming

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