Birds on Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1593
Date Released
14 Dec 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Birds on Show. DESCRIPTION: No wonder there were lots of Budgies at Olympia. They’ve now become Britain’s most popular pets! But how about a Fairy Blue-bird, just for a change? A Streamer-tailed Humming Bird was voted the best exhibit. And here’s a champion grey-green Budgie ...value £250! SHOTLIST: CU two budgerigars. CU ‘Fairy Bluebird’. CU ‘Streaked Spider Hunter’. CU ‘Cock of the Rock’. CU ‘Sulphur Crested Cockatoo’. CU ‘Blue Faced Amazon’. CU ‘Rosette Cockatoo’. CU ‘Streamer Tailed Humming Bird’. CU ‘Grey Green Budgie’.
Keywords
Competitions; Birds; Animals; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; England
Card file number
78844
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Birds on Show', British Movietone News Issue No. 1593, 14 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23368 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)