Millions of Migrants

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1539A

Date Released

4 Dec 1958

Date submitted

28 Nov 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Churchill Celebrated
2. 2Millions of Migrants
3. 3Sugar Harvest
4. 4Swing to the Right
5. 5Save the Children
6. 6The Surrender Stone

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Millions of Migrants. DESCRIPTION: The village of North Creake in Norfolk only had about five hundred inhabitants; until the starlings came. Now, it’s got something like three million. The migrants, they say, have mostly come from behind the Iron Curtain. They’re quite a sight to see: as they fly in from their foraging to roost in the woods. SHOTLIST: GV starlings in flight (key). MS birds take off from bush. Same. GV birds fly over bushes. LS birds in flight. GV same. LS down lane birds fly by. GV birds in flight. Same. LS birds fly past. GV birds fly over. 3 shots same.

Keywords

Environment; Animals

Locations

England; Norfolk

Card file number

75652

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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