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The Life Cycle of the Maize - 1942 British Council Film Collection - CharlieDeanArchives
Summary
This study of maize (corn) is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.
Trivia:
This was the first film of the Junior Biology series. The British Council decided to make 'educational' films as, until the outbreak of the Second World War, Germany had been the main producer of the world's educational films.
The Life Cycle of The Maize appears to have received a lot of negative feedback in Africa due to the shots of maize being fed to hens, and it not being stressed that maize is a staple food of Africans. For this same reason the film was not distributed in South America.
This film has been made available by the British Council Film Collection for non-commercial research and educational purposes . . The British Council Film Collection consists of 120 short documentaries made by the British Council during the 1940s designed to show the world how Britain lived, worked and played.
View, download and play with the Collection at www.britishcouncil.org/film .
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