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1940

Wisdom of the Wild

Directed by Mary Field

A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all know that a time of plenty will not last forever". Austerity-stricken wartime viewers can learn from their economical feeding habits. An entertaining hybrid of public information and natural history from the makers of wildlife series Secrets of Life. Released in the BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Duration

0h 12m

Released

December 1, 1940

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  • E. V. H. Emmett

Part ofThe Secrets of Life

Includes The Tough 'un (1938), Nursery Island (1936), He Would a-Wooing Go (1936), Kings in Exile (1938), Lupins (1936), The Catch of the Season (1938), Once We Were Four (1942), Wisdom of the Wild (1940), Hereford Pedigree Cattle (1937), Roots (1934), Ebb-tide (1948), Some Flowering Plants (1950), Fresh As a Daisy (1945), Sally the Sparrow (1945), Seashores (1940), The Country Comes to Town (1933), Home from the South (1935), Perky Cockney (1938), Memories (1944), London Visitors (1936), Living Lies (1935), The Rock Pool (1949), The Willow Tree (1947), Home of the Sea Birds (1946), A Visit to Farne Island (1946), On The Beach (1946), Fast and Slow (1945), Polly All Alone (1944), Tongues and Tails (1944), Overlooked (1942), Singing While They Work (1942), King of The Forest (1945), The Pest (1945), Safety First (1936), Butterflies and Nettles (1935), Baby on the Rocks (1935), Mixed Bathing (1935), Thistledown (1935), We Are Seven (1935), White Flies and Tomatoes (1935), Wake Up And Feed (1935), A Queer Diet (1935), Hedgerows (1935), Cabbage (1935), Home in the Valley (1936), Community Life (1936), Life in the Balance (1936), New Generation (1936), Ravenous Roger (1935), Fish Face (1936), Rock Pools (1936), Tawny Owl (1936), Sawfly (1936), See How They Run (1938), Home in the Heather (1938), Living in London (1938), Shadow in the Stream (1939), Two Little Orphans (1939), Over and Under (1938), Three Wicked Sisters (1938), Ducks and Drakes (1939), Housepainter (1939), Father of the Family (1951), Water Baby (1939), Old Blue (1939), Down Somerset Way (1942), and U-Boat in the Pond (1942).

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