Movietone Visits Bird Sanctuary

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1138
Date Released
26 Mar 1951
Date submitted
22 Feb 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Attlee Opens UNA HQ
  2. 2Jap Volcano Boils Over
  3. 3Movietone Visits Bird Sanctuary
  4. 4Frogs in the Surf
  5. 5Atomic Hair-Do’s
  6. 6Hats and Eggs for Easter

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone Visits Winged Sanctuary. DESCRIPTION: Saldanha, on the Coast of South Africa, sixty miles North of Capetown, is a small tourist centre. About forty minutes out to sea lie three bird island sanctuaries, protected not only by their rocky approaches, but also by the Union Government. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. SCU hundreds of birds. GV Saldanha sanctuary. Aboard ship approaching island. Various shots of rocky approaches. Various shots of the island showing thousands of birds, malagas. Cape Gannets, etc. Birds - malaga diving into water. Various shots of other birds including the Duicker, penguins, the latter getting up to various capers. Penguins rush into water, through narrow entrance.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Animals
Locations
South Africa; Saldanha
Card file number
55072
Credits:
Camera
H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
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