Mother Seal and her family Home

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
471
Date Released
12 Jun 1930
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - Australia - birds, penguins and seals.
British Pathe synopsis: High angle L/S of a small island. Aerial shot of the island - uninhabited by humans it seems. "This island is only 200 miles from Melbourne, but the seal family is in active possession." High angle shot of many many seals on the rocks. They jump around the rocks and into the sea. High angle shot of seals swimming in the sea. "The seals would like visitors to come in the water to play." C/Us of seals swimming and playing in the water. C/U of a baby seal lying on a rock. A man tries to stroke him. Man holds seal around the neck, the seal cries out. M/S of seals jumping in the water and swimming out to sea. The seal’s near neighbours - penguins - are shown. Baby penguins clamber around the rocks then swim in the sea. M/S of a penguin swimming in a rock pool. C/U of a penguin. L/S of the water full of penguins and seals.
Keywords
Birds; Animals
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.190
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP190 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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Production Co.
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How to cite this record

'Mother Seal and her family Home', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 471, 12 Jun 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332450 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)