Secrets Of Nature Brewsters Magic (1933)

Photographed by F. Percy Smith. Editing and Commentary by Mary Field. Musical setting by W. Hodgson. British Instructional Film. Hand pump being pulled in a pub. Hop root. The eyes are pointed out with a pencil. Time lapse photography of a hop shoot growing. C, U of the claws on the stem of the plant. Plant grows. The claws help the hop plant to twist its way around a smooth surface. Hop flowers growing on a male hop plant. Female hop plant produces flowers. We see them grow through time lapse. Comment on the voiceover about flowers being disappointed spinsters as they will not be fertilised. The flowers continue to grow. C, U of the sticky substance that grows on the petals. Lupelin (sp ) highly magnified. This is the substance that gives flavour and aroma to beer. Hop garden. Barley ripening in the fields. C, U of barley submerged in water. Time lapse of the barley absorbing water. Barley puts out shoots in time lapse. The maltster turns them upside down to stop them from growin