This is a film made by GB Instructional films for the Children's Film Foundation,before the famous Trafalgar Square logo.GB instructional also used to make educational films for schools,which were shown on 16mm in classrooms.Some interesting views of the Denham laboratory.Butterworth,Quinn and Campbell Spring,usually playing detectives were the most familiar faces.Routine CFF fare.
3 Reviews
For the Birds, Not the Laughs
boblipton9 December 2017
It wasn't the Children's Film & Television Foundation Yet, but the division of the Rank Organization that produced this short feature would evolve into it.
Noel Johnson and assistant Ivor Bowyer are off to the Norfolk marshland to shoot movies of nesting and hatching bitterns. Meanwhile, London crook Tony Quinn is trying to get Peter Butterworth to shoot the birds with guns so he can ship the stuffed animals abroad to collectors. They clash, amidst some nice nature photography and film studio scenes. I certainly enjoyed the nature photography; it's no wonder that director Don Chaffey wound up directing for Disney in the 1960s and 1970s, but there isn't much zest in Peter Butterworth's clumsiness. Since I enjoyed his turn as the Meddling Monk in Doctor Who and he appeared in numerous Carry On Films, I can only conclude he's more interested in birds than belly laughs.
Noel Johnson and assistant Ivor Bowyer are off to the Norfolk marshland to shoot movies of nesting and hatching bitterns. Meanwhile, London crook Tony Quinn is trying to get Peter Butterworth to shoot the birds with guns so he can ship the stuffed animals abroad to collectors. They clash, amidst some nice nature photography and film studio scenes. I certainly enjoyed the nature photography; it's no wonder that director Don Chaffey wound up directing for Disney in the 1960s and 1970s, but there isn't much zest in Peter Butterworth's clumsiness. Since I enjoyed his turn as the Meddling Monk in Doctor Who and he appeared in numerous Carry On Films, I can only conclude he's more interested in birds than belly laughs.
"Hide" and seek.
tyler-and-jack8 August 2016
This old-fashioned slice of child-friendly entertainment is probably more of an interesting curio than an enjoyable movie experience nowadays.
Peter Butterworth has a main role, which will make this worth a watch if you're a fan of his, but the whole thing plays out like an inferior take on some Enid Blyton material.
The plot concerns some poachers and a project to film some bird eggs hatching. When the film-makers accidentally catch the poachers on film . . . . . . . well, I am sure you can see where this is going (hence the title).
Butterworth is good. Nobody else stands out. Having said that, it's amusing enough to watch the rest of the cast go through the standard posh Brit motions of the time.
Peter Butterworth has a main role, which will make this worth a watch if you're a fan of his, but the whole thing plays out like an inferior take on some Enid Blyton material.
The plot concerns some poachers and a project to film some bird eggs hatching. When the film-makers accidentally catch the poachers on film . . . . . . . well, I am sure you can see where this is going (hence the title).
Butterworth is good. Nobody else stands out. Having said that, it's amusing enough to watch the rest of the cast go through the standard posh Brit motions of the time.
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