Nature's Double Lifters(1932)
Mary Field edits the time-lapse photography of F. Percy Smith to show the life cycle of ferns and related plants.
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Mary Field edits the time-lapse photography of F. Percy Smith to show the life cycle of ferns and related plants.
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