Format:
XII, 254 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780199860685
,
9780199860708
Note:
Includes index
,
Prologue: Where did these scorpions come from? -- "Revealing nature's closest secrets": F. Martin Duncan's popular-science films at the Charles Urban Trading Company -- Juggling flies and gravid plants: F. Percy Smith's early popular-science films -- "A drama unites them in a fight to the death": the flourishing of popular-science films in France, 1909-1914 -- A modern cabinet of curiosities: George Kleine's collection of popular-science films -- Popular science and crime melodrama: Louis Feuillade and the serial -- Conclusion: Round and round: from the somersaulting monkey to "bug workout"
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-023598-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-986069-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Film
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Geschichte 1903-1914
;
Film
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Geschichte 1903-1914
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