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Cabbage

A Secrets of Life short to which the BFI gave this description: "The film falls into two related sections: the first part shows, by fast motion... the germination, growth-characteristic and fertilisation of the wild cabbage; the second part shows how the varied forms of cultivated cabbage - Savoys, Brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, sprouting broccoli - are related to the wild form, by illustrating the particular feature of the wild form that is present to an exaggerated degree in the cultivated variety... A very good example of how to deal with familiar gardening knowledge in an interesting manner, while at the same time using everyday facts to bring home the scientific lessons that can be drawn therefrom... Perhaps the most striking portions of the whole film are the sections showing which parts of the wild form have been greatly developed to produce the Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, or the Savoy cabbage."

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Release DateMarch 29, 1935
StatusReleased
Original TitleCabbage
Runtime 8min
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Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesGaumont-British Instructional

Part of

Secrets of Life

Includes: The Tough 'un, Nursery Island, He Would a-Wooing Go, Kings in Exile, Lupins, The Catch of the Season, Once We Were Four, Wisdom of the Wild, Hereford Pedigree Cattle, Roots, Ebb-tide, Some Flowering Plants, Fresh As a Daisy, Sally the Sparrow, Seashores, The Country Comes to Town, Home from the South, Perky Cockney, Memories, London Visitors, Living Lies, The Rock Pool, The Willow Tree, Home of the Sea Birds, A Visit to Farne Island, On The Beach, Fast and Slow, Polly All Alone, Tongues and Tails, Overlooked, Singing While They Work, King of The Forest, The Pest, Safety First, Butterflies and Nettles, Baby on the Rocks, Mixed Bathing, Thistledown, We Are Seven, White Flies and Tomatoes, Wake Up And Feed, A Queer Diet, Hedgerows, Cabbage, Home in the Valley, Community Life, Life in the Balance, New Generation, Ravenous Roger, Fish Face, Rock Pools, Tawny Owl, Sawfly, See How They Run, Home in the Heather, Living in London, Shadow in the Stream, Two Little Orphans, Over and Under, Three Wicked Sisters, Ducks and Drakes, Housepainter, Father of the Family, Water Baby, Old Blue

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