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  1. Fins Ain’t Wot They Used to Be

    Date released
    13 Feb 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1967
    NoS ID
    026766
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fins Ain’t Wot They Used to Be. DESCRIPTION: Visiting the London Zoo we were side tracked from our objective by the elephant’s bath time. Purpose of our visit - to see a fish that...

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  2. Darwin’s Nightmare (2010)

    Director
    Hubert Sauper
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes)

    The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary DARWIN’S...

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  3. Monkey Art Lover

    Date released
    30 Jun 1958
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    183
    NoS ID
    120576
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: The world’s most pricey pet’s perch? We make no claims, but at the Hampstead home of humorist and playwright Donald Ogden Stewart, there is a statue valued at £2,000, which serves as a...

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  4. Fireman’s 90 Feet Perch

    Date released
    14 Sep 1922
    Series name
    Daily Sketch Topical Budget
    Issue no
    577-1
    NoS ID
    128677
    Story no
    5 / 5

    Firemen tackling large fire in Glasgow.

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  5. A Tale of a Tail

    Date released
    17 Dec 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    550
    NoS ID
    332880
    Story no
    4 / 5

    NoS Summary - a chicken which has incredibly long tail feathers. British Pathe synopsis: "Meet the longest tail of all - the kind of fine feathers that makes any bird fine - !" M/S of a bird sitting on a...

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  6. Talking Budgerigar - Sydney Australia

    Date released
    11 Apr 1940
    Series name
    New Series Pictorial
    Issue no
    210
    NoS ID
    116577
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: 1. VS of budgerigar running around on table and sitting on his perch, he talks all the time into mirror (NAT SND). 110 ft.

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  7. First Pictures Leap to Death

    Date released
    4 Aug 1938
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    776
    NoS ID
    036097
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 shot list

    US youth plunges to death after all-day perch on seventeenth story ledge.

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  8. (Untitled record)

    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    304
    NoS ID
    348801
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: the bird man in Hyde Park feeding the sparrows, which perch on his hand

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  9. Naval Exercise in Arctic Waters

    Date released
    11 May 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1092A
    NoS ID
    016392
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Naval Exercise in Heavy Seas. DESCRIPTION: Three American warships weather howling 60mph gales in northern exercise and triumph over wind, water and ice. SHOTLIST: KS. Bows of ship...

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  10. Animal Crackers: Chickens In The Balance

    Date released
    1981
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    264
    NoS ID
    326057
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Some ingenious ideas, developed by both agricultural scientists and working farmers, to improve efficiency down on the farm. Chickens are nervous creatures - they lose weight at the drop of a...

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