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2501 Special ... CHEESE MITES
A gentleman reading the paper and seated at lunch, suddenly detects something the mutter with his cheese. He examines it with his magnifying glass, starts up and flings the cheese away, frightened at the sight of the creeping mites which his magnifying glass reveals. A ripe piece of .Stilton, the size of a shilling, will contain several hundred cheese mites. In this remarkable film, the mites are seen crawling and creeping about in all directions, looking like great uncanny crabs, bristling with long spiny hairs and legs. Mag ii ified ?A) diameters on film. Length 150 feet.
2502 ... THE MAY-FLY LARVA
The Mayfly larva looks like some great monster of past Geological ages as it dashes about, chasing water-fleas and other creatures ; and it is difficult to realise that this great hungry-jawed creature will eventually turn into a fly with delicate gauz\ wings. Magnified 25 diameters on film.
Length 75 feet.
2503 RED SLUDGE -WORM
This is a very striking Film First a single microscopic worm is seen, and then a writhing struggling mass of the worms, looking like gigantic snakes with barbed necks. These worms are found in great masses in all rivers and ponds, and thousands are devoured by fish, this being their staple food. Maqnified 30 diameter*. Length 50 feet.
2504 RED SNOW GERMS
This is a wonderful Living Picture of the germs which cause Red Snow. This is frequently met with in the Arctic Regions, and occasionally on the Alps. Amongst them is seen a worm, similar to that which caused great sickness amongst the workmen excavating the Simplon tunnel. Magnified 650 diameters. Length 50 feet
2505 Special The FRESHWATER HYDRA
The curious Freshwater Hydra is seen expanding and contracting its telescopic body, and waving its numerous arms. Myriads of tiny animalculse which form the food ol the hydra, swim restlessly about in all directions, presenting with the movements of the hydra a scene of great animation. Magnified 25 diameters.
Length 75 feet.