Birdland

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

490

Date Released

17 May 1964

Date recorded

17 Apr 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

682

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Birdland
2. 2Character Faces
3. 3Aviation Fire Training School

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The Venice of the Cotswolds. That’s what visitors call the picture-postcard village of Bourton-on-the-Water. But there’s nothing Venetian about the residents of nearby Birdland, where flamingoes, macaws, penguins and parrots are among the 600 birds who actually appreciate freedom in this luxury zoo. Many of them are free to come and go as they wish in the Birdland paradise which Len Hill created in 1956, but George, the macaw, and Juno, the African grey parrot, prefer to stay around and entertain visitors with a series of party tricks.

Keywords

Birds

Locations

England; Gloucestershire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

203

Story extras:

Film clip

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