Pigeon Derby (1960)

Item title reads - Pigeon Derby. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. M/S interior of railway carriage showing pigeon baskets stacked en route to Berwick. M/S man feeding the pigeons. C/U pigeons eating seed. Various shots of pigeons eating and drinking in their baskets. M/S rain going across viaduct, M/S sign ’Berwick’. Various shots of the baskets being unloaded from trains. M/S men stacking them up. C/U’s labels on baskets ’Woking IV’, ’Essex and Suffolk Border Federation’, and ’Oxford City’. M/S pigeon on top of one of the full baskets. C/U as John Ingham blows whistle to start the race. High angle shot of men cutting straps to open baskets and thousands of pigeons flying into the air. Various shots as they fly away over buildings. 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 Britis