Memories

Memories

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life...

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London Visitors

London Visitors

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...

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Shadow in the Stream

Shadow in the Stream

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

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Glimpses of Bird Life

Glimpses of Bird Life

Native British birds, from common gulls and cuckoos to the rare Richardson's Skua, are filmed in their natural habitat.

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Nursery Island

Nursery Island

The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight.

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Bird Sanctuary

Bird Sanctuary

Birds of the Farne Islands.

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St. Kilda, Its People and Birds

St. Kilda, Its People and Birds

Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.

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London Pigeon

London Pigeon

Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.

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The Nightingale

The Nightingale

The nightingale and its song, its habitat, nest eggs and young.

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Perky Cockney

Perky Cockney

The perky Cockneys are London sparrows, who star in this natural history film.

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The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.

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The Home Wrecker

The Home Wrecker

A Secrets of Nature short film about a the cuckoo.

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La Fauvette et le coucou

La Fauvette et le coucou

The White Owl

The White Owl

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.

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The Cuckoo's Secret

The Cuckoo's Secret

The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her...

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