Studies On Bird Island (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Bird Island is an animal sanctuary near Wroclaw, Poland. Various shots of a cameraman operating a long range camera, lying on stomach, in long grass. LS a flock of gulls flying against a background of cloud. MS gulls landing on the ground. CU cameraman, chest deep in water, filming gulls in their nest. CU a black headed gull baby taking its first walk in the nest. CU a gull sitting on its babies in the nest. CU the speckled gull babies on the nest and in the water. CU a mother tern sitting on her eggs. CU baby terns, recently hatched, showing the broken shells in the nest. MS baby ducklings swimming among reeds and walking on land. LS wild geese running away from the camera. CU cameraman at work again. CU’s a small antelope eating. Cataloguer’s note: excellent footage in very good condition. 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.