Australia - Flying Foxes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1664

Date Released

24 Apr 1961

Date submitted

6 Mar 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Super Tanker Terminal
2. 2Windows on Life
3. 3All for Cleopatra
4. 4Australia - Flying Foxes
5. 5Australia - Hop Harvest
6. 6Aussies Here

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Foxes. DESCRIPTION: A reflection that poses a dilemma here, above the Clarence River in New South Wales is part of the biggest colony of flying foxes ever seen in Australia. These giant bats have established a permanent home on nearby Susan Island and are a serious danger to crops. Yet the flying foxes are protected, their island is an official sanctuary. SHOTLIST: Title sequence. MS flying foxes. MS reflection of flying foxes in water (Clarence River). LS flying foxes flying above river. LS same. MS bats in trees. CU same. CU of them flying away from tree. Two men holding flying fox between them. CU bat. CU hands touching bat’s head. MS bats flying out of trees. MS thousands of bats flying out of trees. MS flying away. LS bats flying. LS same.

Keywords

Animals

Locations

New South Wales; Grafton

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

82031

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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