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Title
Skilled insect artisans
Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Contribution
Pycraft, W. P. (William Plane), 1868-1942 (editing)
British Instructional Films (contributor)
Regent Film Company (contributor)
Bray Productions (contributor)
Subject
Ailanthus moth (LCSH)
Butterflies (LCSH)
Silent films (LCSH)
Genre Form
Motion pictures (LCGFT)
Documentary films (LCGFT)
Nature films and video (Nonfiction) (MIM)
Shorts (MIM)
Language
English (eng)
Classification
LCC: FLA 1567 (ref print) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
LCC: FRA 4004 (dupe neg) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
two-dimensional moving image (tdi)
Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
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Summary
Shows the caterpillar of the Ailanthus silk moth weaving a cocoon, and, at the end of three weeks, dissolving the end of the cocoon and emerging as a moth. Explains that silk cocoons must be harvested before the end of the pupa state in order to be used for making cloth, and demonstrates how the cocoons are unwound into silk thread. Shows the Red Admiral, a British butterfly, in the caterpillar stage building a leaf tent cocoon
Duration
PT6M
Authorized Access Point
Skilled insect artisans
Admin Metadata
Status: new
Date: 1973-07-24
Admin Metadata
Status: changed
Date: 2011-12-21T18:00:36
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Admin Metadata
Status: changed
Date: 2024-08-10T03:49:47.058732-04:00
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Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 11509656
Non-rendered Predicates: bflc:marcKey

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