Camberwell Butterfly

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

088

Date Released

3 Sep 1956

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tots Ballet
2. 2Camberwell Butterfly
3. 3Kite Fishermen
4. 4Flying Club

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: From the fluttering movements of the ballet, to Nature’s most delicate ballet mistress - the butterfly. At at the Butterfly Farm in Kent, run by Hugh Newman, specimens of the rare "Camberwell Beauty" obtained from America are marked before being liberated in the hope that they will hibernate and breed in this country.

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Rare Butterfly".

Keywords

Insects

Locations

Kent; England

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Peter West

Length of story (in feet)

171

Story extras:

Film clip

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