White Splendor

Duration: 0:22:00

Creator: Pictura Films Distribution Company | Thomas Craven Film Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the problem of survival facing the egret and other herons in this country. Uses close-up and slow motion photography when showing the herons gathering food and feeding the young. Reveals how herons became almost extinct when their plumes were fashionably used in women's head dresses. Maintains that herons are now protected by law, and that their future rests on man's determination to conserve the species., Describes the problem of survival facing the egret and other herons in this country. Uses close-up and slow motion photography when showing the herons gathering food and feeding the young. Reveals how herons became almost extinct when their plumes were fashionably used in women's head dresses. Maintains that herons are now protected by law, and that their future rests on man's determination to conserve the species.

Complete Record: , Describes the problem of survival facing the egret and other herons in this country. Uses close-up and slow motion photography when showing the herons gathering food and feeding the young. Reveals how herons became almost extinct when their plumes were fashionably used in women's head dresses. Maintains that herons are now protected by law, and that their future rests on man's determination to conserve the species.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.