Mary Field
Director
The film tkes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to "listen to their gossip", before demonstrating the bird’s flight in slow motion. We see a polecat feasting on gull eggs, and then a man collecting the eggs for human consumption, with the film telling us that they are considered a “delicacy” in London. Indeed, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, around 300,000 gull’s eggs were sold every year in Leadenhall Market in London during the 1930s, when London Visitors was made.
Homepage | https://secrets-of-nature.co.uk/2021/03/04/london-visitors-1936/ |
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Release Date | 1936-01-01 |
Runtime | 0m |
Directors | Mary Field, Oliver G. Pike |
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