To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
| 16 May 1909 (USA)
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Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.

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Softwing

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

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Dorathen

Better Late Then Never

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Mischa Redfern

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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Tobias Burrows

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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boblipton

No, it's not the science of cities, but a series of scientific short films produced by Charles Urban, the first great British magnate of film. He had given up directing his own films in favor of producing and distributing, along with technical advances like an early color process called Kinemacolour. He was one of those individuals who touted movies as a great educational medium, and he practiced what he preached, producing many a short subject like this one.Did you know that spiders can fly? How do they do it? By producing the same sort of silk that they use to produce their webs, in sufficient volume that it can catch the breeze and carry them along. Spiders, in essence, fly in the same way that kites fly, and this one-minute short subject will show that in action.It's a fascinating little short, unless you're one of those people who think that spiders are creepy. I'm happy to say that I am not.

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