Who robbed the robins? | Gaumont-British Instructional | ACMI collection

A delightful animated story: A family of robins have their eggs stolen by another bird. Father robin hires a detective to recover their eggs. The eggs are returned safely to mother and father robin and the villain is taken into custody. The three eggs hatch and the robin family live happily ever after. Animation by H.J Whitaker. Music composed and orchestrated by Jose Norman. Designed by Alan Carter.

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production company

Analysis Films

Gaumont-British Instructional

Duration

00:08:41:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310952

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Birds

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Great Britain

Animation → Animation - Juvenile films

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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