Humming Birds 1955

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Description

London Zoo.

C/U of a humming bird. Various shots of humming birds hovering beside bottles of sugar liquid, dipping in their beaks. L/S of a zoo keeper hanging up one of the little flasks on a branch. Narrator explains how the humming bird got its name. They are fed honey, milk, water and vitamin...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15522
Sort Number:
CP 015
Time in/Out:
02:02:10:00 / 02:03:06:00
Canister:
CP 015
Film ID:
27.28
Issue Date:
11/04/1955

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