Island Of Safety! (1939)

Titles read: “ISLAND OF SAFETY!“ Bering Sea, Soviet Union. Various shots on an island where hundreds of seabirds build their nests. Men climb down to the rocky areas where the birds nest and put rings on the seabird’s legs for research purposes. Another man takes some of the fluffy down from the nest of an eider duck that is in demand for stuffing duvets (eiderdowns) and pillows. 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 the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.