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Title: THROUGH THE WOODLANDS

Reference number: 3904

Date: 1940s c.

Sponsor: G.B. Instructional Ltd.

Production company: p.c Junior Activity Films

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.47 mins

Description: A story of a boy and girl walking through woodlands and the wildlife they discover on their journey.

Credits: p. John C. Elder, F.R.G.S.

Shotlist: Credits THROUGH THE WOODLANDS (0.14) One day Nancy and I went exploring in the woods (0.19) Boy and girl walking (0.26) We watched a blackbird take a worm to its nest in a bush (0.31) shot of blackbird (0.43) High up in a tree we got a glimpse of a squirrel (0.46) children see the squirrel (0.54) A frog leaped off the path (1.07) Across a pond we saw baby water-hens (1.25) Near the bank were yellow water-lillies (1.38) .....and harebells (1.53) Foresters were felling trees shots of men felling a tree, laying, sawing, snedding, hauling (7.10) We were sorry to see trees being cut down but the foresters directed us to a Nursery where (7.18) On the way we passed a bank of foxgloves (7.22) On the way we passed a bank of foxgloves (7.56) A startled deer bounded away (8.08) A hare raced uphill (8.15) In the Nursery trees were grouped according to their ages THE END (9.47)