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Seal Meal Time

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
538
Date Released
24 Sep 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Doggy!
  2. 2Sun Children of Today
  3. 3A Stately Home of England
  4. 4Seal Meal Time
  5. 5Mermaids

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
British Pathe synopsis: "Mrs Seal and her sisters and brothers are the Zoo’s finest catchers - they seldom miss when the catch is fish." M/S of seals in an enclosure (possibly Regent’s Park zoo). Keeper throws them some fish. Various shots of the seals being fed. "No animal or fish has more grace, too, when the slow-motion camera "does its stuff." Slow motion footage of seal jumping off the terrace into the pool after a fish. A crowd of onlookers watch the show. "When Mrs Seal really goes all out, she looks like a miniature speedboat." Real time and slow motion footage of the seals swimming.
Keywords
Animals
Written sources
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP221 Used for synopsis
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