Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Plague of Ducks
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duck Plague. DESCRIPTION: In California a huge flock of ducks is attacking the bumper barley harvest. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV swarms of ducks flying over barley fields. Various shots of same. Farmers firing shot guns at them to frighten them. Planes swoop down low over the fields also to frighten them, various shots of ducks hovering over barley fields.
- Keywords
- Curiosities
- Locations
- California
- Footage sources
- USM?
- Card file number
- 47622
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 144
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Plague of Ducks', British Movietone News Issue No. 906A, 17 Oct 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14101 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)