A 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, (a beautiful white and exceedingly graceful bird deemed the best fisherman in the world), that inhabits a small rocky island off the coast of Wales. One of the few Educational releases that actually was shown in schools, and one would have had to play hookey every day in order to miss seeing this as a Texas school kid in the 40's and 50's.
Ronald Lockley
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Is it worth your time? If you like old-school nature documentaries that don't have a hyperactive narrator or CGI, then yes. It’s a quiet watch. If you need explosions or a plot twist, skip it. You’ll be bored to tears in about thirty seconds. I sat down with The Private Life of the Gannets expecting something dry. It’...
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Julian Huxley
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school nature documentaries that don't have a hyperactive narrator or CGI, then yes. It’s a quiet watch. If you need explosions or a plot twist, skip it. You’ll be bored to tears in about thirty seconds. I sat down with The Private Life of the Gannets expecting something dry. It’s from 1934, which is ancient by modern standards. But the birds? They don't know it's 1934. They just dive. The cinematography is surprisingly sharp for something filmed on a roc..."
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