The Starling Menace (1954)

Bodmin. Cornwall. GV starlings fly up and away from tree at Bodmin, & SV. GV bamboo plantation at Bodmin. CU back view, Mr Ockwell (manager in suit) and Mr Archer (foreman.) looking at bird damage on bamboo leaves. CU damaged leaves in hand. CU man with handkerchief round face digging up bird lime. CU spade cuts into bird lime. SV dead starling being pulled from bamboo clump. LV two men carrying bamboo to stack. SCU men brush bird lime from clothes. GV starlings flying over bamboo plantation in evening. LV men with tins etc., beating to scare birds. SV starlings scatter from tree, & LV. SVU men looking up, one gets dived bombed. GV bird scattering over plantation. GV birds scatter from trees. (Neg.) (Title Scene “E“) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents