| BIRD VIRTUOSO Birds Gymnastic Circus | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6788 |
| Catalog #: | 444546 | |
| Clip Number: | 444546-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 272 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Animal | |
| Description: | BIRD VIRTUOSO Performing birds are put through their paces by a man holding a little stick. Canary, parakeet, oriole(?), etc. doing tricks on a variety of miniature gymnastic equipment. Titles in French. MLS the birds' trainer, a man wearing tails stands behind table which holds various items; top and sides of an ornate frame behind him. CU bird hopping up a ladder and down other side, then back again. CU a frame sort of like a bridge: the bird climbs up on inside of the legs, then across, hanging on the underside. MCU bird jumps through a series of small rings. Next, the bird performs on another little contraption - here it does "flips" around each of 3 horizontal bars, then turns round and repeats this on the way back. On the last bar he keeps going, flipping over and over. MCU birds on see-saw; actually the birds on the ends are barely seen; a bird in the middle moves back and forth to make the see-saw move. MLS man standing behind table w/ his troupe of birds on it. He shoos them over to rt. CU birds going into little house; man closes doors behind them. One bird flies through upper windows and the man closes the shutters. Birds, animals, tricks, stunts, entertainment, unusual | |
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