Parrot Fashion

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1991A
Date Released
3 Aug 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parrot Fashion. DESCRIPTION: A School for Macaws and Cockatoos in Yorkshire, where they learn to roller-skate and ride bicycles. SHOTLIST: CU parakeets in Flamingo Park Zoo. MS ditto. MS as Alvin Harben takes parakeet off of the perch. MS as he puts parakeets on roller skates. MS people watching. CU parakeet walking on roller skates. MS ditto. CU small boy watching. CU parakeet walking on roller skates. CU Alvin Harben. CU parakeet rewarded with peanuts. CU small boy watching. MS parakeet pedaling a bicycle along tightrope. MCU ditto as Alvin Harben rewards parakeet with a peanut.
Keywords
Education and training; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Birds; Animals
Locations
Yorkshire; England; Flamingo Park Zoo
Card file number
92642
Credits:
Camera
Jackson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
96
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Parrot Fashion', British Movietone News Issue No. 1991A, 3 Aug 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26991 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)