Tawny Pipit.

Duration: 85 min.

Year Published: 1947

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A portrayal of English manners. The discovery that a pair of rare birds, known as tawny pipits, are nesting near an English village creates excitement in which the Royal Ornithological Society, the British army, the Minister of Agriculture, and the local villagers become involved. Setting, wartime England.

Complete Record: TAWNY PIPIT. Two Cities Films, Ltd., London. Released in U. S. by Universal-International, c1947. A Prestige picture. 85 min., sd., color, 35mm. Summary: A portrayal of English manners. The discovery that a pair of rare birds, known as tawny pipits, are nesting near an English village creates excitement in which the Royal Ornithological Society, the British army, the Minister of Agriculture, and the local villagers become involved. Setting, wartime England. Credits: Producer, Bernard Miles; written and directed by Bernard Miles, Charles Saunders; music, Noel Newton-Wood; music director, Muir Mathieson; film editor, Douglas Myers. Cast: Bernard Miles, Rosamund John, Niall MacGinnis, Jean Gillie, Christopher Steele. Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. © General Film Distributors, Ltd.; 11Dec47; LP1979.