Birds In The Park 1967

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London.

L/S of St. James's Park in spring, looking over the lake to St. James's Palace; L/S of a pelican on a rock in the lake. Mr May, the bird keeper, comes out of a portacabin and feeds bread to some tiny ducklings in a small pen.

Several shots of the famous pelicans of the park....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4251
Sort Number:
CP 652
Time in/Out:
01:51:46:00 / 01:52:45:00
Canister:
CP 652
Film ID:
411.07
Issue Date:
22/06/1967

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