| SECRETS OF NATURE - THE MERLIN Educational film showing Merlins (a type of bird) feeding their young, guarding nest, learning to fly etc. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7366 |
| Catalog #: | 487762 | |
| Clip Number: | 487762-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:13 - 01:55:33 | |
| Location: | Wales | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Falcons ANIMALS/GENERAL: Baby Animals ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Mating & Reproduction ANIMALS/GENERAL: Dwelling, Nests LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales | |
| Description: | The chicks are growing and we see them being fed small morsels of food. One chick learns to flap his wings. Shot of three chicks sitting on a man's arm. The chicks begin to explore. The growing birds again sit on the cameraman's arm. One of the birds is chosen to be the filmmakers' pet. He is fastened to a tree stump by a cord. A young boy holds out titbits and the bird flies and lands on his hand to eat them. A rabbits head is placed on the ground and the bird flies to that and begins to eat it. The bird is so gentle that he will "take a piece of rabbit from his mistress' lips". Shot of woman feeding and holding the bird. In olden days the Merlin was a "lady's hawk". C/U of the bird on the woman's hand. Merlin taking a bath. It seems that the narrator is the cameraman we have seen in the film. | |
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