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Mud Matters (1988 Video)

Producer

Jeffery Boswall

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire (c/o Educational Distribution serivce) Sale (video only - RSPB Film & Video Unit), Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £8.15 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Shows the importance of Britain’s estuaries for as many as 20 species of bird. That they are endangered may spell disaster for the two million ducks, geese and wading shore birds which depend on them for...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tools to Finish the Job

Date released

4 May 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

778A

NoS ID

013093

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tools to Finish the Job. DESCRIPTION: From the Anzio beach-head comes the story of how the supplies are being got to the front. "Ducks" play a large part in ferrying the cargoes ashore...

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Wild Fowl Millions Take Autumn Wing

Date released

2 Nov 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2366

NoS ID

044685

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Brief hunting season permitted by US government results in spectacular flights of ducks and geese.

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Make the Best of It

Date released

31 Dec 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1752

NoS ID

024937

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Make the Best of It. DESCRIPTION: Snow brought fun for some people and one way they enjoyed it was to ski on Hampstead Heath. It also brought chaos to flight schedules at the airports....

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Down Among The Ducks

Date released

1969

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

547

NoS ID

328788

Story no

1 / 1

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Reports: Born Acrobats

Date released

4 May 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

361

NoS ID

006416

Story no

4 / 13

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Born Acrobats. SHOTLIST: Shot of monkeys swinging from tree to tree. On the ground they try to get into a cage with some ducks but gets pecked. Swinging away on the trees.

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9th over the Roer

Date released

5 Mar 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/19

NoS ID

100648

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

US 9th Army troops prepare to cross the River Roer. With "ducks" and assault craft and under cover of a smoke screen the troops cross the fast-flowing river. The RAFs part in the softening up of Germany...

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Bird Watchers Roost

Date released

27 Oct 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2108

NoS ID

028063

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bird Watchers Roost. DESCRIPTION: A new attraction at the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge is a Youth Hostel right alongside the Reserve. From the new Field Study Laboratories, you can use...

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Floods Swamp Britain

Date released

7 Mar 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/19

NoS ID

102806

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

80 mile an hour gales lash Britain’s coasts, putting acres of Eastern Counties under water. At Snettisham, Norfolk, Army ducks and transports rescue villagers from marooned houses. In Skegness, a blizzard...

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Cement mermaids

Series name

Astra Gazette

Issue no

4

NoS ID

000041

Story no

4 / 4

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 8/15/55 CEMENT MERMAIDS (Weybridge) CU Camera pans up tails of cement mermaids. LS Bernard Jepson working on mermaid. CU of the artist about to paint the lips...

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