Film Record: Birds of a Feather

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Edmund Zacher

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

125 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

Accompaniment provided on double turntables

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1934

Description:

"In Birds of a Feather, Edmund Zacher, II, ACL, exhibits the patience and skill necessary to compile a complete story entirely with telephoto lenses. All the particular points which must needs be observed to make successful telephoto pictures — careful centering, sharp focusing and rigid camera support — are exhibited in this film, which is interesting withal, as it tells the story of a thrush family from the time the youngsters are hatched until the last laggard leaves the nest. Some scenes, which show the parent bird in closeup by means of telephoto magnification and in which the bird fills the entire frame, are truly remarkable. Good fortune gave Mr. Zacher the beautiful background of a flowering tree for this springtime idyll. A suitable musical background — compiled from discs — accompanies the film. Mr. Zacher made this picture entirely from a window in his home, and his patience and skill in capturing every needed shot are remarkable." Movie Makers, Dec. 1934, 534.

Resources:

The film was available in the ACL's Club Film Library.

Subjects:

• Animals
•      Birds
• Nature

Genre:

• Nature

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Zacher presented the film to the ACL's staff in 1934: New York City, N.Y.
• Screened by the Hartford Cinema Club on multiple occasions in 1934 and 1935: Hartford, CT
• Screened by the Medford Movie Makers in 1936: Medford, OR
• Screened by the Y.M.C.A. Movie and Camera Club in 1936: Des Moines, IA
• Screened by the Staten Island Cinema Club in 1936: Staten Island, N.Y.
• Screened by the Cinemat Club of Mt. Kisco in 1937: Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
• Screened by the Greater New Bedford Movie Club in 1940: New Bedford, MA

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