(London Visitors)

Content: The film takes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to "listen to their gossip", before demonstrating the bird’s flight in slow motion. We see a polecat feasting on gull eggs, and then a man collecting the eggs for human consumption, with the film telling us that they are considered a “delicacy” in London. Indeed, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, around 300,000 gull’s eggs were sold every year in Leadenhall Market in London during the 1930s, when London Visitors was made.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

10 minutes

Year:

1936

Directors:

Mary Field

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Production companies:

Gaumont-British Instructional

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Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Editor