In the coastal waters of Southern California, lives a small fish with an unusual spawning pattern - it breeds on land in a pattern which follows the phases of the moon. Shows the spawning process of the grunion, the fish that spawns on land. Uses animated drawings to explain that the spawning is related to the moon and the tides. Follows the day-by-day development of the grunion egg as seen through a powerful microscope; uses microphotography to portray the actual heart beats, the circulation of the blood, and the movements of the embryo.
Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices. There's also a bad guy with a lot of money who's cut off the water supply to the area's farmers, and the soul of a murder victim that manifests as a flying fireball.
Whips was one of the films mentioned in a half page ad in the April 7, 1966 issue of the Village Voice, advertising The Exploding Plastic Inevitable show at the Dom.
Songs about eternal love, American vagabonds, cowboys and desperadoes, with the romance of railways and trains speeding into the distance are recorded as film songs, and so, for example, in the well-known standard Franck and Johnny you will see M.
José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.