Spoonbills

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2568
Date Released
20 Aug 1978
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spoonbills Nest in Holland. DESCRIPTION: The Colony of Spoonbills which nest on the Swanswater Nature Reserve in Holland are carefully protected. The birds spend Spring and Summer months on this Reserve near the Waddensea and migrate to North-West Africa in the Autumn. SHOTLIST: GV Spoonbills over ‘Swanswater’. GV pan ditto. MS Spoonbills land on nest. MS Spoonbill on nest. MS parent Spoonbill with young. MCU pan from 3 eggs in nest to very young Spoonbills. CU Spoonbill hatching from nest. Various of young Spoonbills in nest - parent flies onto nest. MLS various nests. MCU parent Spoonbill at nest with young. MCU parents beak and head. MCU young Spoonbills. CU parent bird’s head feathers blowing in wind. GV Spoonbills by waterside.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Netherlands; Swanswater
Footage sources
Polygoon
Card file number
78/90
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Spoonbills', British Movietone News Issue No. 2568, 20 Aug 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31179 (Accessed 13 Aug 2025)