BIRDS OF PREY

Produced by Eastman. Shows unusual eyes, beaks, feet, and feather structure, which assist birds of prey in food gathering. A goshawk in slow motion photography, a peregrine falcon, a rough-legged hawk, rough-legged hawks, barn owls, a great horned owl, black vultures, and bald eagles are shown.

Arthur Hilton (C. Aubrey Smith) is regaling his dinner guests of his exploits as a police officer decades earlier in Africa. He had to track down a gang of three men who were suspected of a series of murders. One was hanged for his crimes, while the other two were sentenced to twenty years in prison. Little does Hilton know that two of his guests, Edward Laverick (Warwick Ward) and Edward Carter (Robert Loraine) are the two men he sent to prison. They have vowed revenge, and prior to dinner, they exact it, killing Hilton.

Credits

Cast
C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Boyd, Frank Lawton
Complete catalog record
Dewey number: 598.2
Audience level: jh-sh Guide
Format/cost: 16-sl-$24
Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Sources

  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, description, catalog record