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The Hellstrom Chronicle : A war between insects and humans

submitted by NeuralNoise

1 decade 5 years 6 months 1 week ago

from wikipedia:

The Hellstrom Chronicle is an American film released in 1971 which combines elements of documentary and science fiction to present a gripping depiction of the Darwinian struggle for survival between humans and insects.

Several cinematographers photographed this film using stop-motion photography with microscopic and telescopic lenses.

A fictitious scientist called Dr. Nils Hellstrom (played by Lawrence Pressman) guides viewers throughout the film. He claims, on the basis of scientific-sounding theories, that insects will ultimately win the fight for survival on planet Earth because of their adaptability and ability to reproduce rapidly, and that the human race will lose this fight largely because of excessive individualism. The film combines short clips from horror and science fiction movies with extraordinary camera sequences of butterflies, locusts, wasps, termites, ants, mayflies, and other insects rarely seen before on film.

the other parts can be seen at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=hellstrom+chronicles

14 Comments

I for one welcome our new insect overlords

Moving this video to NeuralNoise's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

and *beg for their mercy. You non-voters won´t get any, I tell you!

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter NeuralNoise.

*bzz

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter NeuralNoise.

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter NeuralNoise.

ant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLe6KvxVFo (part 3) has good ants scenes!

ant

Got addicted to this old documentary. Here are all the parts:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8UN9zGD04
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qENsC3LrW6E
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLe6KvxVFo
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6gyUar_YMQ
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKjzeghMgzU
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHdqBabmy0
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyExbZ_Vpdo
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8tCDPFtzI
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82iLnIgyXo
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLy04CF2Lso
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BbKiN0Rdgk

ant

*long for the rest of the parts I posted. 1.5 hours documentary!

This video has been flagged as being at least 10 minutes in length - declared long by ant.

*bugs

Adding video to channels (Bugs) - requested by geo321.

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