Film Record: Birds of Blakeney Point, The

Still from The Birds of Blakeney Point via EAFA

Identifier:

• 523 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Edward Le Grice

Production credits:

• ,

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:15:15

Length:

366 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"The film concentrates on the birds, particularly the common tern, the little tern and the oyster catcher" (EAFA Database).

Resources:

This film is held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK ()

Subjects:

• Animals
•      Birds

Genre:

• Documentary
• Nature

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

East Anglian Film Archive

Viewing Notes:

"Shots of boats moored in the Pit near Blakeney Point. People come ashore from a small boat. The rest of the film concentrates on the birds, particularly the common tern, the little tern and the oyster catcher. There are shots of birds in flights and then of the common tern nesting. This sequence includes close up shots of the adult bird on the nest, of the nest itself and of the newly hatched chicks. The eggs of the little tern are filmed in the nest, later with the chicks hatching. A man with a camera photographs the nest. Oyster catchers are filmed on the beach and in flight. There are long and close up shots of the nests and close up shots of chicks and of birds nesting. The final scene is of a common tern pecking at a man's hand as he points out the nest for the camera" (EAFA Database).

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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