British naturalist and nature documentary pioneer Percy Smith created this short silent film of a mechanical replica spider in 1909 to educate the public about arachnids. To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly can be found in the British Film Institute National Archive, an organization dedicated to collecting British and British-related films and TV programs.
Watch these related videos next:
• How do crab spiders use their silk to fly?
• How do spiders use electricity to fly?
• “Flying” spiders that glide through the air from tree to tree
• A newly-discovered species of cartwheeling spider
• Amazing Maize, a 1933 Secrets Of Nature short
Plus, don’t miss this pioneering short: Georges Méliès: L’homme à la tête de caoutchouc (1901).
via @DrJoeHanson.
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