The River (1924)

British Instructional Films. Edited by W. P. Pycraft Esq. Natural History Museum, London. The story of a river. Clouds over the sea. They travel over mountains and then water rains down, descends the hills and becomes a river. Shots of various rivers. Intertitles describe the process in flowery language e. g. over the rocks like hotheaded A stream flows across a road. A man throws pebbles in and another man leads a large shire horse through the stream. A house built on a stone bridge over a river. A river with small waterfall. Silver eel gliding over the riverbed. Reed Warbler feeding her babies in a nest. Waterfalls. Wooded area with river. Dabchick on a nest. Great Crested Grebe sits on her eggs. Shot from a moving boat of picturesque river with Willow trees. Coot s nest. Blacknecked Grebe defends its nest from a Dabchick. Underwater shots of fish. Fishermen prepare their nets and row out onto the river. The river reaches the sea. Harbour with