Bird Virtuosos (1931)

This kindly training of birds is a difficult job some birds are little disposed to obedience and a lot of patience is Stage set. Man in a suit stands behind a table which holds various props. C, U of bird (probably a budgerigar) climbing up and down a little set of steps. Trainer clicks his fingers and the bird climbs up again. Another bird a small parrot climbs on a frame upside down. The Ring jump is a good Birds jump through little rings. And the horizontal Bird does somersaults over a bar. Trainer uses a little stick to make the animals perform their stunts. The seesaw gives the bird an opportunity to show its intelligence and sense of Two birds play on a see saw. (This section has some perf damage). And so to L, S of the set, The birds are herded up and into a little model house. The trainer shuts them all in after the last one has flown in through the top window. A little bit sinister but also quite cute. Was an i