Waddesdon Aviary 1967

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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Several shots of the stately home and grounds of Waddesdon Manor. Outside the Victorian aviary we see a cockatoo; two macaws (parrots) are fed nuts and grapes by Vincent Lilley and Brigadier Cowan. Several shots inside the aviary of Mynah birds; one is sitting on...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4365
Sort Number:
CP 671
Time in/Out:
01:08:59:00 / 01:10:32:00
Canister:
CP 671
Film ID:
431.04
Issue Date:
02/11/1967

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