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London Visitors (1936)
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.
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Production Companies: Gaumont-British Instructional
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Runtime: 90 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1936
Status: Released
Certification: NR
