Happy Event For Mrs P (1944)

Item title reads Happy event for Mrs P. Australia L, S of a platypus swimming with people watching. Commentator talks about it and we see C, U of its beak. M, S of a mother platypus with two babies. Various shots of a young platypus born and bred in captivity, it burrows, swims and feeds from a man s hand. FILM 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 (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.