Battle of the Centuries

Duration: 1000 ft

Year Published: 1932

Creator: Standard of California

Complete Record: Man walking around in woods. Lots of shots of insects crawling through wood, insects nesting, etc. CU of cells. Ants. Ants battling other insects. The battle’s on. Lots of ants versus the other insect which grabs ants heads in its pincers. Pan of mangled ants. Waves crash on beach, underwater shots of fish and turtles, manta ray, sharks, sharks snapping up fish, eel, octopus. squid. Squids battling! Eel snaps up another squid. Roadrunner battles rattlesnake. inquisitive bird, pecks at egg and eats its contents. CU of birds head. Rattlesnake comes through grass. Bird and rattle snake fight. Pan to boy sleeping against tree. bird squawks as if to warn boy. rattlesnake curls up in attack stance. bird straightens up and they battle. They dodge each other’s advances. finally bird gets snake in its beak and gives it a good thrashing. Boy comes to, watches bird finish off snake. bird hops up to boy, shot of bird and smiling boy.