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Notice descriptive – Brève The Home Wrecker = Secrets of Nature
Niveau hiérarchique :Pièce (Niveau acquisition)Numéro d'article (ISN) :444290Genre de documents :Images en mouvementTrouvé dans :Archives / Films, vidéos et enregistrements sonores -
Notice descriptive – Détails Fonds/collection :BRITISH FILM INSTITUTENo d'acquisition :1967-0010Support :FilmPartie :1 of 1Date de diffusion :1929Compagnie de production :British International FilmsGénérique (équipe de production) :producer, Edgar Chance; photography, E. Hawking; Oliver PikeDescription :Popular science. The hide is prepared; an est of titlarks. A cuckoo looks for a nest to lay her eggs; her appearance distresses the titlarks. The cuckoo swoops down, takes one of the titlark's eggs in her beak, sits on the next for a few moments to lay her egg and flies off with the stolen egg; repeat in slow motion. The nest is searched by the photographer and the eggs are displayed. The eggs are hatched and the titlarks adopt the interloper as their own. The young cuckoo ejects unhatched eggs from the nest, and attemps to eject young titlakrs but is prevented by the return of the mother; it finally succeeds. The mother feeds and tends the young cuckoo to the detriment of her own babies. The young cuckoo shows aggressive tendencies; it is fed by titlarks in preparation for its flight to Africa; repeat in slow motion; finally it fends for itself and flies off.Langue :EnglishDétails de l'inventaire : -
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