Detail View: T.D.A. Cockerell Collection: Snowy egerts of Avery Island Louisiana

Collection Name: 
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell Papers
Title: 
Snowy egerts of Avery Island Louisiana
Creator: 
Line, Winfield
Publisher: 
The Cockerell Film Library of the Palm Springs Desert Museum
Description: 
Title from container: "Conservation: The Snowy Egrets." Distributor, the Cockerell Film Library of the Palm Springs Desert Museum; photographer, Winfield Line. A history of the Snowy Egrets' near extinction and the founding of an Egret sanctuary by Edward McIllheny. Includes views of the santuary with visitors, the chinese Pagoda, lotus flowers, and other plants, with informational intertitles. The film notes that the population at this sanctuary had incresed from a very small population to more than 100,000 egrets. Also includes images of blue herons, anhingas (wild turkeys), insects, alligators, and other animals.
Description: 
Title on case: Snowy Egrets
Description: 
1 film reel (16 mm) color; silent; acetate film; 400 feet
Description: 
Runtime: 10:25
Date: 
1951
Type: 
MovingImage
Format: 
motion pictures (visual works)
Format: 
black-and-white film (film, material)
Format: 
video/mp4
Coverage: 
Louisiana--Avery Island
Subject: 
Herons
Identifier: 
U183026538306_narv_cockerell_snowyEgrets_a.mp4
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/zp2k4h24m283
Source: 
For more information about the physical collection, visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
Language: 
English
Relation: 
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell Papers; COU:359; Item Barcode: U183026538306
Rights: 
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