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Footage that includes an excerpt and outtakes from an episode of How Does Your Garden Grow? focusing on the African violet.

An excerpt featuring time-lapse photography of African violets blooming used in an episode of How Does Your Garden Grow? focusing on the Afr...

Time-lapse footage of beans taking root and sprouting through the soil.

Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhou...

Footage from Abundance From India's Acres filmed by John Nash Ott and produced by Madras Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1968.

Footage from Abundance From India's Acres filmed by John Nash Ott and produced by Madras Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1968.

Footage from Abundance From India's Acres filmed by John Nash Ott and produced by Madras Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1968.

Footage from Abundance From India's Acres filmed by John Nash Ott and produced by Madras Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1968.

Footage from Abundance From India's Acres filmed by John Nash Ott and produced by Madras Fertilizers, Ltd. in 1968.

An episode of John Nash Ott's weekly television program How Does Your Garden Grow?, focusing on the history of wheat production and its mark...

Time-lapse footage of spring irises blooming.

Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhouse. He installed automatic...

Chuck Kleinhans performs a tongue-in-cheek "bad boy" persona.

Filmmakers Robert Stiegler and Richard Sato goof off in front of the camera.

Home movie shot by George William and Virginia Goda Heidkamp depicting family life in Chicago as well as travels to Virginia; Galena, IL; Dickeyvil...

Four short segments shot in and around Stickney, Illinois. Includes a stop-motion cowboy drama, portraits of summer and fall foliage, and the Pauli...