Song Birds as Neighbors
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Song Birds as Neighbors is a short film from ca. 1920s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
| Song Birds as Neighbors | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Bray Studios, Inc. |
Production companies | Bray Studios, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Bray Studios, Inc. |
Release date | ca. 1920s |
| Language | English |
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Synopsis
Photographed by William L. and Irene Finley of the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals. Titled by Marguerite Gove.
More Details
- 00:00:24 "Crops, amounting to eight hundred millions of dollars, are destroyed annually by insect pests..."
- Great shot of movie cameraman in woods shooting birds at close range.
- Describes insect pests. Birds are "nature's check against these hardened criminals."
- Children building bird houses under direction of Audubon societies.
- "Scenes-Bird Bungalow-nuthatch oomes in f1om ioof o Roof of house removed-five young nuthatches showing. Roof replaoed~ Old birds bring in worms. Young nuthatches in hand."
- "Building and renting bird houses encourages children in the study of civics."
- "A delegation from the schools of Portland, Oregon, organizing a colonization scheme for their home woods." Children seen in front of Multnomah Falls.
- 00:09:48 ""young woodpeckers forming a society"
Notes
This film seems to be similar to, or the same as, a film by Finley called "A House For A Song" or alternatively "Houses for songs: Home owners, attention!" or "Renting Houses for Songs"
"An excellent educational film has been secured of school children making and putting up bird houses"
Our Bird Citizens (1) Close range pictures of native birds of North
America, showing their value in elimination of insects. (#A30)
See Also
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFox09MvkU
- http://ephemeralfilm.info/images/1/12/Songbirdsasneighbors.gif
- https://vimeo.com/396282722
- Bray Productions