Institut Fur Den Wissenschaftlichen Film Iwf Movies

Bonobos show a particularly pronounced sexual activity and an extraordinarily broad spectrum of sexual contacts for primates. These also extend to...

Short film about the movement patterns of protozoa

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

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...

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...

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

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

Experiments on the crystallization of various inorganic substances: crystallization from solution, crystallization from melt and vapour phase, mixed...

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...

Short film about the life cycle of a moon jellyfish

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

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

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 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 on the mating behaviour of donkeys

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...

A short film about the kingfisher Ceryle (Megaceryle) maxima, which lives in sub-Saharan Africa on large rivers and lakes.

Documentary on how the osprey catches its prey. The film shows the search for prey, the launch maneuvers, take-off maneuvers and the fights with the...

Swimming movements of a common seal under water, propulsion through hind extremities.