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Title: SEABIRDS OF THE FORTH

Reference number: 2764

Date: 1953*

Director: filmed by H.B. (Frank) Marshall

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.48 mins

Description: A film showing the wide variety of birds living in the nature reserve on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.

Shotlist: Credits (0.05) map of Isle of May showing locations of bird colonies (0.12) gv's of Isle of May including the lighthouse (0.32) Tern Colonies gv's of same (1.40) Sandwich terns c/u's of mother birds sitting on their eggs (2.18) Common Terns gv's of adults and a chick (3.38) Arctic Terns gv's of adults foraging for food and supplying it to their nesting chicks (5.26) Cliff Birds - Kittiwakes, Guillemots, Razorbills and Shags l/s of same on cliff edges (5.42) Kittewakes gv's of same including adults and their young in their nests (6.30) Razorbills gv's of the same (6.55) Guillemots gv's of the same (7.28) Shags gv's of same, including nest (8.04) Shore Birds - Eiders, Turnstones, Oystercatchers l/s of same (8.15) Eider Ducks gv's of them swimming (9.07) Turnstones gv's of same (9.29) Oystercatchers gv's of same (10.48)