Gambia butterflies and haemontans.

Date:
1974
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Description

This amateur film shows views of wild flowers (haemanthus - blood or paint brush lillies) and butterflies leading down to the coast. Views (medium long shots) of a lagoon next to a village with wading birds - pelicans etc. Further shots of wading birds taken at different times during the day.

Publication/Creation

Gambia, 1974.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (04 mins.) : silent, colour.

Notes

Donated in 2001 from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a teaching film used 1960-1976.

Creator/production credits

No credits on the film. B. R Lawrence noted on the can. Date is from the edge code on the Kodak safety film (cross circle) indicates a date of 1954 or 1974.

Language note

English

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