Film Record: Least Tern, The

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Ed N. Harrison

Languages:

English

Length:

2 reels

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1937 - Honorable Mention

Description:

"In the educational class, E. N. Harrison's two reel subject, 'The Least Tern,' was excellent. For general showing the film unquestionably did have too much repetition, but for strictly educational use this would be an asset. More serious was the lack of necessary explanatory titles. The photographic technique was truly excellent, for virtually the entire film must obviously have been made with extremely long focus lenses, shooting from a blind, and the results on the screen were practically perfect." American Cinematographer, Feb. 1938, 76.

Resources:

Harrison's bird filming is discussed in "Ed Harrison Watches Birds Grow Up" (American Cinematographer, May 1940, 199-201).

The film's win in the American Cinemtographer contest of 1937 was reported on in Daily Trojan (Jan. 4, 1938).

This film is held by Prelinger Archives, which credits it to Harrison-Roberts Wild Life Films.

Subjects:

• Animals
•      Birds
• Nature

Genre:

• Educational

Repository:

Prelinger Archives

Screenings:

• Screened by the Cooper Ornithology Club on Jan. 26, 1939: Berkeley, CA

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