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E. V. H. Emmett | As: Narrator |
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History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells the story of the village's famous son, Rev Gilbert White, whose 1789 book The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne is a classic of natural history. The film follows in his footsteps, with camera rather than quill in hand, focusing on nature but also taking in views of the village and its human inhabitants. The ingenious close coverage of bird, reptile and other wildlife was the stock-in-trade of the filmmakers at Gaumont-British Instructional, producers of the series. Under the direction of the redoubtable Mary Field, the behind-screen talent here includes legendary 'cine-biologists' Percy Smith and Oliver Pike. A tribute by one generation of pioneering naturalists to another, it's a quietly moving film in spite of its clipped English reserve - or perhaps partly because of it.
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Language: English
Release Date: 01 January 1944
Country: GB
Runtime: 17m
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Company: Gaumont-British Instructional
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E. V. H. Emmett |
Narrator |
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Mary Field |
Director |
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Oliver G. Pike |
Director of Photography |
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F. Percy Smith |
Director of Photography |
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J. Parker |
Director of Photography |
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