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From generation to generation. Part 1. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
From generation to generation. Part 1.
- Date:
- 1938
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About this work
Description
Part 1 in a series of 3 short films illustrating the phenomena of heredity in animals and in man which utilises inter-titles, moving film images and animated graphics to put across its message. This part deals with heredity of physical characteristics in animals and discusses the mixing of physical characteristics in selectively bred domestic animals, the phenomena of dominance and latency and the value of selective breeding for enhancing chosen characteristics, eg. speed in racehorses.
Publication/Creation
1938.
Physical description
1 encoded moving image (10:12 mins.) : silent, black and white
Duration
00:15:16
Copyright note
Copyright previously owned by Galton Institute.
Terms of use
Public Domain Mark
Language note
In English.
Creator/production credits
Gaumont British Instructional for the Eugenics Society.
Notes
The film post-dates 'Heredity in Man' also sponsored by the Eugenics Society. This film follows more closely the film the Eugenics Society wanted to make and many of the sequences are common to both films but it does cover inheritance and heredity in animals in more detail. 'From Generation to Generation' is a silent film and 'Heredity in Many' has sound; distribution statistics were disappointing and it was discovered that silent projectors were more prevalent in the screening locations which would want the film.
See SA/EUG/G.71-74 for more background to this film.