A Tale of a Tail

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

550

Date Released

17 Dec 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - a chicken which has incredibly long tail feathers.
British Pathe synopsis: "Meet the longest tail of all - the kind of fine feathers that makes any bird fine - !" M/S of a bird sitting on a perch, a woman picks up its enormously long tail which is trailing on the ground.
Various shots of the bird - some kind of chicken it seems. Woman uses a stick to measure the tail. Bird ruffles its feathers. Woman loops up the tail feathers in her hand then lifts the bird off the perch.

Keywords

Birds

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.227
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP227
National Film Archive Catalogue

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