The Guillemot at Home - A Farne Islands Peep
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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- 5 / 6
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: Farne Islands. "Find the draughtiest sort of rocky islets, just off the Northumbrian Coast - and there you’ll meet the great Guillemot family." Moving shot from a boat of a rocky coastline. "Incidentally, it was off these islets that the immortal Grace Darling braved the peril of the storm." Panning shot of birds perched atop rocky outcrops. M/S of birds huddled together on the top of rocks. Camera pans across them. Various shots of birds perched on cliff face and ledges. Gulls on their nests, C/U showing nests with eggs in them. "No one touches the birds, and the rocks are a Paradise for the ornithologist - every ledge and crevice having its resident." C/U of person handling some eggs, putting them back into a nest. L/Ss of birds perched on rocks.
- Keywords
- Birds
- Locations
- England; Northumberland
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.308
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP308
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How to cite this record
'The Guillemot at Home - A Farne Islands Peep', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 630, 29 Jun 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333230 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)