'Appy ‘Ome for Otters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1762
Date Released
11 Mar 1963
Date submitted
17 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Otters. DESCRIPTION: Visitors to Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo must be envying the family of otters who’ve just taken up residence in their Ideal Home. A fifteen hundred pound residence, with all mod cons for fun and games. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS crowds watching otters in their enclosure. MS family of otters. MCU otter. MS otters run along and jump in water and start to swim. Various shots of otters swimming. MCU otter’s face then he goes under the water. LS crowds looking through windows at the otters. MS otter underwater catching fish. MS otter brings fish out of water and eats it. Various shots of same. MCU otter pulls bag into the water. LS child holds fish behind the glass where otter is swimming. CU otter tries to catch the fish behind the glass. Various shots of same.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Sydney; Australia; Taronga Park Zoo
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
85873
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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''Appy ‘Ome for Otters', British Movietone News Issue No. 1762, 11 Mar 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25016 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)