City of Wax (1934)
- Directed by
- Stacy Woodard, Horace Woodard
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short documentary shows the life of honey bees inside and outside their hive. It uses close-up camera work to reveal how a bee colony functions.
informativeobservationalcalmeducationalclose-updetailednature-focused
What happens
Battle for Life is a nature documentary series made from 1932 until 1934 by Horace Woodard and Stacy Woodard, The short films include the 1935 Oscar award-winning City of Wax, about honey bees. The one-reel short films were released by Educational Pictures. A homemade camera setup for closeups was used. The Woodards followed the series with another series titled Struggle to Live. Battle for Life films were made with specially designed cameras. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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