The Guillemot At Home - A Farne Islands Peep (1933)

Farne Islands. “ Find the draughtiest sort of rocky islets, just off the Northumbrian Coast - and there you’ll meet the great Guillemot family.“ Moving shot from a boat of a rocky coastline. “Incidentally, it was off these islets that the immortal Grace Darling braved the peril of the storm.“ Panning shot of birds perched atop rocky outcrops. M/S of birds huddled together on the top of rocks. Camera pans across them. Various shots of birds perched on cliff face and ledges. Gulls on their nests, C/U showing nests with eggs in them. “No one touches the birds, and the rocks are a Paradise for the ornithologist - every ledge and crevice having its resident.“ C/U of person handling some eggs, putting them back into a nest. L/Ss of birds perched on rocks. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 630. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.