Down in the Forest

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
507
Date Released
19 Feb 1931
Length of issue (in feet)
781
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
NoS synopsis: "Deep in the woodlands, where Eve’s first encounter was with a twelve-day-old wood pigeon..." High angle shot of a nest with a baby bird sitting on it. A hand comes into shot and lifts the bird out of the nest. C/U of the bird in the hand. "Quite a different fellow after eight days!" Baby pigeon (much grown) sits on a branch, larger bird (one of the parents) comes and lands on the nest. "The new arrival is a much older bird -" The younger bird appears to be trying to fly. "In the next glade we came across a squirrel’s nest." M/S of two squirrels cavorting around a nest. "Six weeks old - but full of the pep and the joy of life - " Three squirrels play around the nest. C/U of squirrel peeking out of the nest.
Keywords
Birds
Footage sources
Pathe   Re-issue
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.207
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP207
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
156

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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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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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Down in the Forest', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 507, 19 Feb 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332659 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)