COLLECTION NAME:
T.D.A. Cockerell Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell Papers
Title:
Colorado wild life
Creator:
Unidentified creator
Description:
Title from leader includes "Reel 2, Roll 1: Colorado Museum of Natural History," "Buffalo and Birds." Images of birds and other animals in natural settings, with identifying intertitles. Species include mallard, cliff swallow, bank swallow, badger, western robin, antelope, coyote, and bison.
Description:
00:00 Title card that reads, “Mallard.†The camera pans across a field and towards a river; 01:11 Close-up of a mallard duck and ducklings swimming in the water; 01:53 The words “Cliff Swallow†appear. Hundreds of swallows are shown flying in the sky and perched on the side of rock in their birds’ nests; 03:35 The words “Bank Swallow†appear. The birds are shown flying around and perched near their nests; 07:25 The word “Badger†appears and a close-up of a badger poking its head up and out of the ground is shown. The badger also burrows itself into the ground; 09:51 The words “Western Robin†appear and shows a nest of robin birds feeding. One robin attempts to pull a worm out of the ground and baths; 12:26 The words “Antelope – scarce yet curious†appear and displays several antelope grazing in a tall field of grass; 13:30 The words “A coyote – more often heard than seen†appears and shows one coyote walking through grass and perched on top of a rock; 14:12 The words “The mighty bison†appears and shows a herd of bison standing in a field. Cowboys roundup the herd in a field.
Description:
1 film reel (16 mm) black and white; silent; acetate film; 15:45
Date:
1935
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Science films
Format:
black-and-white films (visual works)
Format:
silent films
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Animal behavior
Subject:
Birds
Subject:
Colorado
Identifier:
U183044144626_narv_cockerell_coloradoWildlife_a.mp4
Source:
For more information about the physical collection, visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
Language:
English
Rights:
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