Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
FLY FARM
Fly Farm at Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey

C/U Girl taking piece of cotton wool M/S Selecting bugs from wool C/U Selecting bugs from wool and putting into water C/U Tweezers picking out bugs C/U Putting bugs in water M/S Man putting bugs in bran into jars M/S Man blowing through pipe C/U Stretching muslin over top of jar M/S Girl hands man jar, takes off muslin and pours contents into a bigger tin C/U Man pours mixture from sieve into jar and then starts to blow husks away

C/U Blowing husks M/S Changing jars and girl covers jar top M/S Girl puts jar on shelf and selects another C/U Girl emptying jar into glass case C/U Flies escaping from jar into sealed case C/U Man turning on gas C/U Flies in case against glass C/U Man sucks fluid through pipette and drops it in to glass case M/S They sit down to wait for demise of flies C/U Flies against glass C/U Man and girl talking C/U Girl writing down data C/U Flies dying on floor
British Pathe
01/01/1952
00:02:21:00
Black & White
Sound
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Keywords

Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey fly farms flies insects experiments animals cruelty science