First in a four-part series. In-Flight Movie
Another chance to experience life as a flying bird. Winner of four international awards, this film pioneered many of the techniques that were used in the series Supersense. Did you know that short-winged ducks are among the fastest birds and swifts are among the slowest; that woodland birds need short wings and small birds take rests as they fly; or even that migrating birds can fly at an altitude of 35,000ft?
Fly in the clouds with a flock of geese, look over the shoulder of a soaring buzzard or hedge hop with a speeding starling, and discover just how a bird's design is shaped to the life it leads - in flight. Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE Written and produced by JOHN DOWNER BBC Bristol (R)
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