The Life Of A Plant (1920)

Main title reads: “British Instructional Films Ltd. present The Life of a Plant - An introductory or revision film.“ Introductory intertitle reads: “This film has been prepared in collaboration with the teaching profession and has been viewed and approved for the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films.“ C/U of an unidentified house plant. The plant is turned to show the camera different views of the leaves and flowers. C/U of a small shoot breaking through the earth filmed using time lapse photography. An animated diagram is used to show germination process. C/U of shoot emerging from the ground. Various shots of shoots growing filmed using time lapse photography. Footage of roots growing - again through time lapse. A root feels its way around a stone. A little arrow device is used to point out various parts of a root. Graphic diagram shows a cross section of a plant - strange image. Suddenly the image begins to animate - this is presumably to illustrate some kind of ce