Jean Comandon

Movies

Dactylaria brochopaga
Director
Study on Dactylaria brochopaga's predacious strategy
La Croissance des végétaux
Director
One of the first to use the techniques of cinematography to study biological phenomena, Comandon accelerated his films, originally shot frame by frame, to depict a detailed view of nature only visible through the mechanical eye of the camera.
Épanouissement de quelques fleurs
Director
Stencil-colored time lapse film.
Lavez-vous les mains avant chaque repas
Director
Cinématographie radioscopique
Director
Short film by Jean Comandon
Spirochoeta pallida (de la syphilis)
Cinematography
Jean Comandon, pioneer of microcinematography, recorded this time-lapse film in c. 1910, using a ultramicroscope. The film show living spiral shaped syphilis bacteria moving among red blood cells of frog. Notice the back-and-forth movement, characterizing the disease-causing form. (Wikipedia)
Spirochoeta pallida (de la syphilis)
Director
Jean Comandon, pioneer of microcinematography, recorded this time-lapse film in c. 1910, using a ultramicroscope. The film show living spiral shaped syphilis bacteria moving among red blood cells of frog. Notice the back-and-forth movement, characterizing the disease-causing form. (Wikipedia)
Scènes de psychologie de l'enfant
Director
Sang d'oiseau (Padda) infecté par un hématozoaire et phagocytose de ce parasite
Director
Formation de cristaux aux dépens d’un précipité amorphe
Director
A scientific film on the formation of crystals at the expense of an amorphous precipitate.