Half A Million Birds (1933)

The lakes of Kerang, (not sure if this is the correct spelling) Australia. Full titles read: “HALF A MILLION BIRDS - We had to go to Australia for this picture - and if you don’t believe the number, why, just count them yourself - !“ Thousands of Strawnecked Ibis gather around the lakes. Several shots of the birds in flight and perched in large trees. Good M/S’s of the birds in a tree. Nice M/S’s of young Ibis breaking out of their eggs. The Ibis’s nest are located in the reeds and the undergrowth. L/S of the birds flying in the air sensing danger. L/S of a tiger snake swimming towards the nests. The narrator says “Where’s that gun ?“ and with a bang someone off camera shoots the snake. 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 collectio