Kingdom of the Lyrebird

Australia, 1984

Film
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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

Credits

director

David Corke

co-producer

Jenny Erdos

Laszlo Erdos

Language

English

Duration

00:54:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

36010

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Birds

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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