Thorpe's 16mm cine film, [1938 - 1969]
Scope and Contents
16mm silent film: 1. b/w, possibly relating to Shetlands;
2. b/w, film scraps including ducks, Madingley Hall, aviaries, ducklings in a tunnel.
6. b/w, 'Test film by Pattersons', London street, Jun. 1962.
7. Manuscript notes regarding film.
8. b/w, 'Shetland. Black guillemot, red throated diver, seals, Arctic skua, whimbrel, Shetland wren (with test film spliced on to end)'.
9. colour, possibly relating to Shetland, sea birds, wrens, puffin, landscape and stream
10. colour, probably 1938, African wildlife including antelope, elephant, wildebeest, flamingos, hippo, eagle, storks, ibis, crocodile, etc.
11. b/w, negative and positive scraps, featuring avaries, a man, a hide and birds.
12. Typescript, '16mm silent films for education and entertainment, GB Film Library'.
14. colour, Laniarius aethiopicus, 1964.
15. colour, Serengeti, Tanzania, 1965.
16. colour, Nairobi park, 1964.
17. colour, Reel I; Cousin Islands.
18. colour, Reel II: Cousin and Fregate Islands.
19. colour, Nairobi National Park, Apr. 1966.
20. colour, Naivasha, Kaibos farm, Kenya, Apr. 1966.
21. colour, Nairobi National Park, Apr. 1966.
24. colour, Stokholm Island, Pembrokeshire.
25. colour, Stokholm Island, Pembrokeshire.
27. colour, Gannets, Bass rock, 1969, butterflies.
Dates
- Creation: [1938 - 1969]
Creator
- From the Fonds: Thorpe, William Homan, 1902-1986 (ethologist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies not available. Please contact respository for further information.
Extent
1 archive box(es)
Custodial History
Films 3, 4, 5, and 22, all described as waste scraps in the original finding list, were discarded in Jan. 1990. Films 13, 23 and 26, all described as family in the original finding list, were removed from this collection in Jan. 1990.
Repository Details
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