Porpoiseful

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1984A
Date Released
15 Jun 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Porpoiseful. DESCRIPTION: From Western Australia, rare pictures of a Porpoise who prefers to cadge his dinner off the locals, rather than fish for it himself. SHOTLIST: MS girl runs down Monkey Mia Beach in Western Australia. CU Percy the Porpoise swims towards girl. MS ditto. CU ditto. MCU girl feeds fish to Percy. CU ditto. MS girl feeds another fish to Percy. CU ditto. MS ditto. MS Percy swimming around girl. CU Percy swims towards girl. MS girl feeds Percy with another fish. Pan as he swims away.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Curiosities; Animals
Locations
Western Australia; Monkey Mia Beach
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
92434
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Porpoiseful', British Movietone News Issue No. 1984A, 15 Jun 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26927 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)