Wise Birds! 1940

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Titles read: "WISE BIRDS!"

St Louis, United States of America.

At St Louis Zoo we see a mynah bird being 'interviewed' - he speaks a few words and copies the whistles his keeper makes. We then see a parrot singing 'Rockabye Baby'.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15718
Sort Number:
PT 540
Time in/Out:
01:21:08:00 / 01:22:27:00
Canister:
PT 540
Film ID:
1206.11
Issue Date:
05/08/1940

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