A unique film of one of the world’s rarest, largest and most spectacular songbirds. Includes extraordinary footage of the Lyrebird as it mimics the songs of some of the beautiful birds with which it shares its kingdom in Australia’s great Rainforests. Filmed entirely in the wild and narrated by Frederick Parslow. Rated: G
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
324224
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan