Learning on ScreenAin’t Nature Wonderful
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ain’t Nature Wonderful. DESCRIPTION: Trained birds put on a variety act in a Hamburg Nightclub, followed by a lifelike snake dance in a Continental Cabaret. Finally a sequence showing how cats, rats and a monkey can perform quite happily together. SHOTLIST: Shot of 2 birds in a cart being pulled along by another 2 birds. Shot of a turkey parakeet walking along bars. Shot of 3 birds on a see-saw being pulled by another bird with a piece of string. Shot of a woman dressed in a snake costume slithering down a rope. MCU man playing the flute. Shot of the snake woman slithering around a man’s shoulders etc. Snake woman slithering along the ground. Shots of 2 cats and a monkey seated at a table. Lady carries a plate with 3 rats on and puts them on the table. MCU rats. Rats on the cat’s head. CU cat washing paws with a rat lying on his other paw. MCU monkey holding rat’s tail. MCU monkey clapping. Several shots of a cat walking along a pole with a stick in his mouth and the rats on the pole. CU monkey with hands over his eyes. Shot of the cat again. Monkey walking along the pole over the rats carrying a umbrella and a briefcase. CU monkey cuddling the cat.
- Keywords
- Animals
- Locations
- Germany; Hamburg
- Footage sources
- France
Germany
- Card file number
- 62530A
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 144
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