24. Films
In birdland, Oliver G. Pike, 1907
00:00 Duck, Ducklings
00:25 [Song] Thrush, at the nest
01:06 Reed bunting, at the nest
01:26 Linnet, at the nest
01:56 Sedge warbler, at the nest
02:32 Blue Tomtit, feeding
03:10 Starling, feeding in a group
03:40 [Barn] Owl, rubbernecking
Aus dem Leben des Meeres, Neue Photographische Gesellschaft, Berlin Steglitz 1912
»Wir lernen durch diesen Film eine grosse Anzahl Vögel, Fische und Seetiere kennen, ‒ natürlich freilebend. Silbermöve und Lumme, Dorsch, Merlan, Knurrhahn nebst einer längeren Reihe anderer, dem Laien meist unbekannter Fische, Krebse usw. belauschen wir in ihrem Leben und Treiben und können auch den oft spannenden Kämpfen ums Dasein vom sicheren Port aus behaglich zuschauen«
B.L.: N.P.G.- Kinofilms für Schule und Wissenschaft, in: Der Kinematograph, Nr. 269, vom 21. Feb. 1912
Fathoms Deep Beneath the Sea, H.M. Lomas, British Instructional Films, 1922
01:17 Sea anemones and fish
01:29 Lobster
01:45 Conger
02:14 Octopus
03:05 Wrasse
03:24 Sea anemones
05:24 Starfish
05:49 Rosy feather star
06:46 John Dory
07:15 Pipe fish
07:41 Weird and uncouth creatures
08:36 Shrimps and prawns
09:05 Gurnard
09:30 Spider crab
Vögel über Haff und Wiesen, Heinz Sielmann, 1938
Scaup
Lapwing
Redshank
Spotted Crake
Dunlin
Oystercatcher
Black-tailed godwit
Rook
Yellow wagtail
Little tern
Arctic tern
Common tern
Common rosefinch
Black tern
Ruff
Mallard
Curlew sandpiper
Knot
Temminck’s sandpiper
Little stint
Ringed plover
Red-necked phalarope
Broad-billed sandpiper
Ruddy turnstone
Sanderling
Rock pipit
Eider duck
The film has apparently been lost during wartime in Königsberg (Christoph Hinkelmann, pers. comm. 2022). The species covered can be reconstructed based on the photographies in Sielmann’s book with the same title that appeared in 1943 in Königsberg.
True-Life Adventures, Walt Disney Productions, 1948-60
1948Â Seal Island
1950Â (In) Beaver Valley
1951 Nature’s Half Acre
1952Â The Olympic Elk
1952 Water Birds
1953 Bear Country
1953 Prowlers of the Everglades
1953Â The Living Desert
1954Â The Vanishing Prairie
1955Â The African Lion
1956Â Secrets of Life
1957 Perri. First True Life Fantasy
1957Â White Wilderness
1960Â Jungle Cat
Seal Island, Footage: Alfred and Elma Milotte, Director: James Algar, 1948
00:56 Geography, environment
02:28 Reindeer
02:35 Arctic fox
02:47 Flowers, lichens
03:30 Northern fur seal
05:36 Kittiwake
06:47 Tufted puffin
06:59 Horned puffin
07:33 Thick-billed murre
07:40 Common murre
08:00 Cormorant
08:15 Kittiwake
08:23-26:32 Northern fur seal
Serengeti darf nicht sterben, Bernhard and Michael Grzimek, 1959
06:10 Antelopes, cranes, hippo, elephant, rhino, secretary
09:20 Zebras
11:40 Lions
13:15 Grazers, crocodiles, jaguar and lions
17:40 Hyrax and python
18:30 Honey guides
22:30 Ants, frogs, water birds
24:50 Wildebeest and zebra, rhino
27:40 Gazelle, jackals
41:30 Bush baby
45:10 Gazelles, hyena dogs, ostrich, giraffe, buffalo
50:40 Rhino and lion
55:15 Wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, giraffe, eland, cheetah, warthog, ostrich
68:15 Vultures, lion family, honey badger, horned raven, scarab
76:20 Herds of animals, gazelles, hyenas, zebras, ostriches, rhinos, wildebeest, lions
Die letzten Paradiese, Eugen Schuhmacher, 1967
Alaska (1961; 7:00)
– Dall sheep
– Grizzly bear
– Moose
– Ptarmigan
– Wolverine
– Caribou
– Wolf
– Salmon
– Alaskan brown bear
– Glaucous-winged Gull
– Walrus
Canada (1961; 4:30)
– Beaver
– Moose
– Bighorn sheep
– Snow goat
USA (1961-52; 10:00)
– Wapiti
– Black bear
– Trumpeter swan
– Bison
– Kaibab squirrel
– Herons, Storks, Ibises (Everglades)
– Wood ibis
– Water turtle
– Alligator
– Raccoon
– Otter
– Whooping crane
Hawaii (1962; 2:00)
– Hawaiian goose
Galápagos (1964; 4:30)
– Sea lizard
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– Frigatebird
– Elephant tortoise
– Darwin’s finch
– Land iguana
– Gannets and gulls
South America: Peru, Patagonia (1962; 10:40)
– Cormorant
– Pelican
– Booby
– Condor
– Chinchilla
– Spectacled bear
– Ocelot
– Pudu
– Guanaco
– Elephant seal
Antarctica (1963; 7:30)
– Adelie penguin
– Skua
– Leopard seal
– Weddell seal
– Emperor penguin
Australia (1959; 5:30)
– Kangaroo
– Koala
– Echidna
– Blue-yellow songbird
– Platypus
– Lyrebird
New Zealand (1963-64; 5:50)
– Tuatara
– Petrel
– Kiwi
– Kea
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– Mule-billed duck
– Kakapo
– Kakahe rail
New Guinea (1959; 4:00)
– Tree kangaroo
– Crowned pigeon
– Lesser bird-of-paradise
– Red bird-of-paradise
Java (1963; 4:40)
– Crocodile
– Clawless otter
– Banteng
– Java rhinoceros
Komodo Island (1963; 3:00)
– Wild boar
– Komodo dragon
Borneo (1963; 4:30)
– Orangutan
Malaya (1963; 4:15)
– Giant acorn
– Plumplori
– Malayan tapir
– Gibbon
– Leatherback turtle
India (1963; 7:20)
– Indian wild ass
– Lion
– Nilgai
– Indian elephant
– Water buffalo
– Indian rhinoceros
Japan (1963; 5:00)
– Hooded crane
– White-naped crane
– Manchurian crane
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Africa
South Africa (1960; 4:30)
– Bontebok
– Cape mountain zebra
– White rhinoceros
– Roller
– Kalahari oryx
– Sable antelope
– Warthog
East Africa (1961; 15:50)
– Zebra
– Lion
– Wildebeest
– African elephant
– Black rhinoceros
– Oxpecker
– Reticulated giraffe
– Cheetah
– Grevy’s zebra
– Secretarybird
– Gazelle
– Crocodile
– Shoebill
– African fish eagle
– Colobus monkey
– Hippopotamus
– Flamingo
– Buffalo
– Cattle egret
– Jaguar
– Giraffe gazelle
– Baboon
– (Buffalo, Zebra, Leopard, Lion, Giraffe, Bison)
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Ein Platz für Tiere, Bernhard Grzimek, 175 episodes, 1956–1987
Expeditionen ins Tierreich, Heinz Sielmann, 172 episodes, 1965–1991
Tiere vor der Kamera, Ernst Arendt und Hans Schweiger, 57 episodes, 1974-2021
BBC Natural History Life-Series, David Attenborough, 1979-2016
Life on Earth, 1979, 13 episodes
The Living Planet, 1984, 12 episodes
The Trials of Life, 1990, 12 episodes
Life in the Freezer, 1993, 6 episodes
The Private Life of Plants, 1995, 6 episodes
The Life of Birds, 1998, 10 episodes
The Life of Mammals, 2002, 10 episodes
Life in the Undergrowth, 2005, 5 episodes
Life in Cold Blood, 2008, 5 episodes
Planet Earth, 2006, 11 episodes
Planet Earth II, 2016, 6 episodes