This short features the following items (my outline in parentheses) — 1) Samaritans of the Alps: (in the Hospice of St. Bernard live 30 monks who use dogs to assist in the finding & rescue of travellers lost in the snow) 2) Sports Page: i/ big fish (fishing for tuna in Brittany, France); ii/ dead end dirt track (how the children in the east end of London, in the New Cross area, cleaned up and converted a bomb site into a dirt track for bicycle races); iii/ the Gold Coast goes racing (horse racing in Accra) 3) The March of Science: the flying petrol pump (how a passenger plane bound for Barbados gets refueled mid-flight over the Azores) 4) Mainly For Women: i/ bouillabaisse (what the fishermen of Mediterranean France eat after a hard day’s fishing); ii/ lace for milady (how beautiful lace is made in Bruges, Belgium) 5) Off The Ration: i/ bottoms up! (rabbits that prefer to walk on their front paws); ii/ the bear idea (3 black bear cubs investigate someone’s camp site - until they are interrupted by a skunk!) |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | May 1, 1951 | |
Runtime: | 14 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Short | |
Crew: | Ronald Haines | |
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