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The Private Life of the Gannets

1934 · 0h 10m · Documentary · United Kingdom

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).

Directed by
Julian Huxley
Written by
Ronald Lockley
Starring
A.L. Alexander
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