Watching All the Birds Go By

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1854

Date Released

14 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Operation for Duke of Windsor
2. 2Watching All the Birds Go By
3. 3The Genius of Brunel
4. 4European Cup - Rangers Through

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Poultry and Cage Birds Shows. DESCRIPTION: At the Poultry Show at London’s Olympia a prize winning goose - weighing forty pounds. The heaviest turkey in the world at over sixty three pounds. After the Poultry Show was the Cage Bird Show at Olympia. Among the canaries, the Clear Yellow Norwich - a breed which started 400 years ago - the oldest breed in the show. Judging the talking birds was famous bird impersonator Percy Edwards. SHOTLIST: Various shots of chickens in coops, eggs passing through grading machine, and being packed. Also of a goose and the heaviest turkey in the world. Weight: sixty three pounds. Various shots of budgies, canaries and a parrot. Also a toucan and two macaws. Pictures also of Percy Edwards who judged the talking birds.

Keywords

Animals; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London

Card file number

89155

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

137

Story extras:

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