| ANTI LOCUST RESEARCH Scientists at a London laboratory research the habits and lives of locusts. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6077 |
| Catalog #: | 46187 | |
| Clip Number: | 46187-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 650 | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:51 - 01:40:57 | |
| Location: | Kensington, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Pest Control ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE: Insect, Locust LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SCIENCE: Biology SCIENCE: Laboratory | |
| Description: | ANTI LOCUST RESEARCH Scientists at a London laboratory research the habits and lives of locusts. Kensington, London. C/U of a locust on a plant. Several shots of the roof garden above the department store of Derry and Toms (aka Kensington Roof Gardens); people wander around and sit on benches. MLS As seen through bell tower. MS Archways pan left to right show gardens and fountains. MS Fountains. CU Ducks swimming in pond. MLS Pond with tiny waterfalls. MS Flowers. MS Looking down on blossoming tree. Pan up to show London. MS Man in plastic suit walks in lab. plugs airhose. CU Tightening up hose. MS Man turns and walks out of picture. MS Man walks over to glass case. CU Case he puts tiny locusts inside. CU Baby locusts. MS Another man putting grass into cage. CU Locusts eating grass. CU Ditto. CU Ditto MS Number of locusts in cased. MS Girl studying them. CU As locusts lays her eggs deep down in the sand. CU Two locusts. CU Laying eggs. MCU Measuring distance they are laid beneath ground. MS Man in pressurized suit takes isolated locusts. CU Mans face. CU Takes locusts out of jar. CU Puts locusts among other locusts. MS Sand covered tray full of locusts. MS Man gets up switches on wind tunnel. CU As he starts top watch. CU Sand blowing in wind. MS Showing locusts crossing line. MS Man preparing crushed grass. MS Man walks into picture places grass in front of extractor fan. MS Extractor fan pan right to left show locusts in case. CU Hundreds of locusts hopping towards end of case. CU Locusts clinging to side of case trying to get at grass. CU Locusts pinned on table. MS Man looking through microscope. MS Man adjusts oscillator. MS Man adjusting apparatus. MS Graph. CU Putting tube of grass over locusts antennae. Pan down to show locusts. CU Reading on graph. MS Man filling syringe with insecticide. CU He fixes it to machine. MS He walks around to other side of machine. CU Man. MS Places locust inside wind tunnel. CU Locust flapping wings as it hangs suspended in tunnel. MS Man shuts case switches on fan. MLS Looking through wind tunnel at locusts flying. MS Man picks up Strobe light. MS Man fishing Strobe light at flying locust. MS Man tearing paper off teletype machine. MS Man walks into picture shows paper to woman sits down at table. CU Typed message on table. Pan left to right as man plots a locust swarm on map. CU Locusts on branch. MS Locusts swarm off of branch. MLS Ditto | |
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