For Bird Lovers - Little Mothers. The Ovenbird and the Sandpiper.

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
168
Date Released
21 Aug 1924
Length of issue (in feet)
980
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
Pathe Intertitles - "The Ovenbird - her speckled breast makes her easy to recognize - gets her name from the oven-like nest she builds on the ground."
"Notice how the parent bird softens the grub with her beak, before feeding it to the youngsters..."
"Father Ovenbird is one of the very best bird husbands. He’s always on the job with his hard-working wife ..."
"See the little ones inside?"
"Mother Sandpiper isn’t so fortunate in the husband line. She usually has to manage alone after the honeymoon!"
"Mother Sandpiper was very nervous, for she heard the camera ..."
"The great day finally came - the chicks hatched out! And [illegible] Mother Sandpiper took them for a walk along the stream where they were to live ..."
"But, one little chap climbed a huge mountain of a rock - and got himself lost!"
"His mother was soon after him ..."
"... and after that he trailed behind her very close indeed!"
Keywords
Birds
Written sources
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001)   p126.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
200

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
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Notes
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How to cite this record

'For Bird Lovers - Little Mothers. The Ovenbird and the Sandpiper.', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 168, 21 Aug 1924. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331109 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)