An Otter Study (1912)
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Uploaded by BFIfilms on Nov 19, 2007
Watching this recently unearthed treasure is all the more amazing when you realise the footage itself was shot as long ago as 1912. The surviving version of the film you see here was re-edited in the 1920s and titled The Otter, with a final hunting scene removed. Intertitles tell us all about the habits of this fascinating creature, alongside the first known shots of an otter swimming underwater. We even get to see the cameramen setting up their special tank in the river for filming these scenes.
Just think otter fans -- this furry fellow is almost a century old! (Simon McCallum)
You can watch almost 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque
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even though this is a great film, i actually fell asleep when i reached the 7th minute! lol nonetheless great reference study
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very very cool
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Haha!
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not to mention color film!
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color TV made a real revolution.
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Well yeah - this was filmed in 1912 after all.
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people read slower back then :)
3 years ago 2
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Black and white =P
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Actually, otters are in the same family as weasels, related to badgers, and bears are something else altogether... as are the "web footed carnivores" the seals.
The Wikipedia page for "carnivora" is fascinating.
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Interesting that early in the 20th century otters were considered to be in the "bear tribe" while in fact they're web-footed carnivores!
Cool film.
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is there suposed to be no sound?
frozensnakee 4 years ago
yes, the film was made 15 years before sound film was invented.
BFIfilms 4 years ago