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Prizewinners: The Goshawk

on BBC One London

This programme won the Golden Gate Award, San Francisco Film Festival 1969.
It reconstructs the famous book by T.H. White about a duel between a falconer and a hawk.
It takes two months for a man to train a hawk up to the point where it will obey his commands and make its first kill. This unusual programme highlights the emotional and practical struggle that develops between man and bird.

Contributors

Based on the book by:
T.H. White
Producer:
David Cobram
The Falconer:
Duncan Carse

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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