17,000 Pigeons (1928)

Item title reads - 17,000 pigeons “darken the sky“ when released on flight home to the North. Hitchin, Hertfordshire. L/S of piles of baskets beside a railway line. M/S of the pigeons inside the baskets. M/S of men releasing the catches and all the pigeons flying away. Various good shots as they stream into the air in big groups. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.