The Balancing Bluebottle

Percy Smith was the greatest pioneer of the natural history film-making - tackling subjects from flies to slime mould.

During the 1920s in his principal studio, the back garden of his home in north London, he developed innovative microscope - and time-lapse photography which still looks impressive today.

Tim Boon of London's Science Museum talks to historians and Sir David Attenborough.

Producer: Tim Dee

Story of Percy Smith, a film pioneer, who made natural history films in his back garden.

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