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. “...bounding over the rocks like hot-headed youth...“ 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. Black-necked 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