Institut Fur Den Wissenschaftlichen Film Iwf Filmes

Various amphibious pond dwellers, including grass frogs, tree frogs, common toads and other amphibians are shown moving around, feeding, mating,...

Short film about the movement patterns of protozoa

The courtship behavior of Great Bustards is studied. The male Great Bustard is considerably larger than the female. This impression is reinforced...

Before shearing, done with electric devices and hand shears, lambs are separated from the flock. The lambs are not yet shorn but dipped in a...

The film shows the spatial distribution and the behaviour of the Mediterranean demoiselle Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis on typical reproduction waters....

The arousal behavior of the warthog is shown. Also explained is the muzzle fight between boars and females.

During the ewing-period the shepherd has to take especially care of the flocks. He has to assist the ewes in ewing, to control the feeding of the...

Using gland regions on their heads, warthogs mark poles and other objects for self-orientation. Males often mark during the mating season. The male...

Queen rearing is one of the most important areas of beekeeping. After explaining the breeding objectives, the three most common methods for rearing...

The film shows open air shots of life in the colony of the sea lion. The following behaviours are shown: establishing territories and rivalry fights,...

The film gives a survey on innate behaviour patterns of the grey-lag goose. The first part shows reproductive behaviour. In the second part some...

The film shows the prey-catching behaviour of the edible frog at a small garden pond and at a gravelpit. The catching of creeping and (under...

A portrait of the German city of Ulm and it's social activities, fassades, court building. Also about the role of the district court during National...

The film documents the tobacco season of 1993/94 from the planting of the tobacco through the harvest and sale until the sowing for the next season -...

Short film about the life cycle of a moon jellyfish

The anatomy and function of the forestomachs of goats and sheep are explained. Ruminating is illustrated using animation, radiography and endoscopy.

The three-spined stickleback is shown. Nest building, zigzag dance, fanning at the nest, sometimes following a female, also short mouth fights, the...

For its reproduction, the megaloprepus dragonfly specifically relies on periodic puddles in tree holes and bromeliacea in tropical rain forests....

The film shows birds and mammals of Spitzbergen: The snow bunting, Phalaropus fulicarius, Stercorarius parasiticus, the red throated loon, the arctic...

The film begins by depicting the social courtship of the drakes. With increasing intensity of the instinctive movements actual pair formation is...