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Secrets Of Nature : Secrets Of Nature - Orphans Of The Woods 1932
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Produced by British Instructional Films. Distributed by Wardour Films Ltd.
Various types of pheasant including Reeve's Pheasant and Silver Pheasant. The forest. We see how pheasant hide in the undergrowth. Hen pheasant makes nest on the ground. Nest full of eggs. Pheasant is well camouflaged...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 83532
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:27:31:00 / 01:37:37:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 2885.05
- Issue Date:
- 1932
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