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RUNTIME
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Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Battle of the Ants
1922 0h 12m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the conflict between two colonies of wood ants joined by a piece of tiber laid across a moat at a zoological garden.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Geoffrey Barkas
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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ERA
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104 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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RUNTIME
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Part of the "Secrets of Nature" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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ERA
Did you know
Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Geoffrey Barkas directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 12-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2104 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Part of the "Secrets of Nature" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 12 min · 0h 12m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Part of
Secrets of Nature
A series of short educational nature documentaries that were produced from 1919 to 1933 by British Instructional Films.
The Cuckoo's Secret1922
The White Owl1922- The Battle of the Ants1922 · this one
Skilled Insect Artisans1922
Fathoms Deep Beneath the Sea1922
Winter1923
Busy Bees1926
The Plants of the Pantry1927
Floral Co-operative Societies1927
Scarlet Runner & Co1929
Plants of the Underworld1930
Peas and Cues1930
The Strangler1930
The Aphis1930
Magic Myxies1931
The World in a Wine-Glass1931
Dream Flowers1931
The Bittern1931
The Nightingale1932
Romance in a Pond1932
Brewster's Magic1933
Gathering Moss1933
Also by
Geoffrey Barkas
Production companies
Who made it
- BI
BIF
GB
Key crew
- CinematographyGeoffrey Barkas
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1922-01-02
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