Snakes On Guard (1964)

Barnet, Hertfordshire. Fred the Boa Constrictor protects his owner’s home. Starts with a sign on the gate saying ’Beware of the Boa’. John Palmer enters his home and hangs his coat up. John picks Fred up from the stairs and sits him on his knee in the chair. Daughter Pat picks up a Gecko and sticks it on the wall, we see it through the glass in the window. John’s wife Joan takes Fred into the kitchen and puts him on the sink, she give him a cup of water. Pat sprays water on a Mastigure, an Indian lizard, from a perfume spray. Fred is put in the bath and washed. Cuts exist - see separate record. FILM ID: 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 (