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Wisdom of the Wild

Fun mixture of natural history and wartime public information.

Documentary 1940 12 mins

Overview

A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all know that a time of plenty will not last forever". Austerity-stricken wartime viewers can learn from their economical feeding habits. An entertaining hybrid of public information and natural history from the makers of wildlife series Secrets of Life.

Director

Mary Field

Featuring

E.V.H. Emmett

Genres

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Subjects

Dormice Feeding Squirrels Bees Badgers Food World War II Propaganda Wasps

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