The Private Life of the Gannets poster

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Rating

6.0/10

Release1934

Runtime0h 10m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

London Films Productions

Educational Pictures

Skibo Productions

Movie

The Private Life of the Gannets

1934

0h 10m

6.0

Documentary

Synopsis

A 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, a beautiful white and exceedingly graceful bird deemed the best fisherman in the world, that inhabits a small rocky island off the coast of Wales. The film won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

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