Spring comes to Selborne, where the 18th century naturalist Gilbert White made his record of the wild life in his Hampshire parish; rook and dabchick; frog and slow-worm, hedgehog, mole and vole; pussywillow, catkin, celandine, primrose. Two centuries later, as these and other forms of life respond to the seasonal rhythm, the story of spring is patiently recorded by probing camera and microphone and by the evocative words of Laurie Lee.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005742
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Seasons
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Spring
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)