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  1. Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds

    Date released
    13 Dec 1923
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    132
    NoS ID
    330970
    Story no
    4 / 5

    Pathe Intertitles - "And fine Aigrette feathers once adorned Eve’s fine hats, until to prevent extinction of the bird, we forbade their importation. And now they live in peace. (or as peaceful as this...

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  2. Nature’s Fine Feathers - A Rival to Eve

    Date released
    8 May 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    153
    NoS ID
    331057
    Story no
    2 / 4

    Pathe Intertitles - "Eve’s greatest rival is - the Peacock! - but he’s dumb. You can’t tell him to spread his feathers - you’ve just got to wait. (It took a week to get this picture)." One shot "The...

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  3. The Voice of the Nightingale. And how it came to Earth.

    Date released
    10 Jul 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    162
    NoS ID
    331086
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Pathe Intertitles - "Down in a secluded part of Surrey we found Miss Beatrice Harrison, who so happily suggested broadcasting the glorious notes that enthralled the poets of old." "No more appropriate place...

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  4. For Bird Lovers - Little Mothers. The Ovenbird and the Sandpiper.

    Date released
    21 Aug 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    168
    NoS ID
    331109
    Story no
    3 / 5

    Pathe Intertitles - "The Ovenbird - her speckled breast makes her easy to recognize - gets her name from the oven-like nest she builds on the ground." "Notice how the parent bird softens the grub with her...

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  5. In the Shadow of the House - Liberation of Pigeons from Old Palace Yard in a Race to the Midlands, Organised by MPs

    Date released
    18 Sep 1924
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1408
    NoS ID
    079816
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    LV pigeon baskets on ground, men carrying some baskets. LV pigeons released from line of baskets. LVs pigeons wheeling about over Westminster.

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  6. Two Little Love Birds

    Date released
    2 Oct 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    174
    NoS ID
    331134
    Story no
    2 / 4

    Pathe Intertitles - "Some call them "Bee-Bee" parrots - but their everyday names are "Buddy" and "Betty". The morning kiss ..." ""Love Birds" are little NoSles of affection done up in feathers. Buddy and...

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  7. Feathered Impudence! By a Rook

    Date released
    16 Oct 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    176
    NoS ID
    331141
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Pathe Intertitles - "The other day we came across a NoSle of impudence who looks like having a short life and a gay one - a really cheeky rook!" "Taking a fancy to the dogs, he rarely leaves them alone -...

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  8. A Peaceful Republic

    Date released
    12 Jan 1925
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1441
    NoS ID
    079953
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: French Government Passes Bill Prohibiting Destruction Of Animal And Bird Life On Karguelen Island. NfO Shotlist: KERGUELEN ISLAND ANTARCTIC 1. MAIN TITLE 2. TITLE: HERE IS THE ISLAND IN...

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  9. Spring’s Advent Robs Ostriches Of Plumes

    Date other
    2 Apr 1925
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    383117
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis: Plucking season opens on Cawston Farm, California as Easter’s approach brings demand for fine feathers.

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  10. A Make-up Mix-up

    Date released
    4 Mar 1926
    Series name
    Ideal Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    334175
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS synopsis: pelicans making up their quarrels

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