Seal Meal Time
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: "Mrs Seal and her sisters and brothers are the Zoo’s finest catchers - they seldom miss when the catch is fish." M/S of seals in an enclosure (possibly Regent’s Park zoo). Keeper throws them some fish. Various shots of the seals being fed. "No animal or fish has more grace, too, when the slow-motion camera "does its stuff." Slow motion footage of seal jumping off the terrace into the pool after a fish. A crowd of onlookers watch the show. "When Mrs Seal really goes all out, she looks like a miniature speedboat." Real time and slow motion footage of the seals swimming.
- Keywords
- Animals
- Written sources
- British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP221 Used for synopsis
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- British Pathe Ltd.
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How to cite this record
'Seal Meal Time', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 538, 24 Sep 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332822 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)