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Title
The Quirky collection [electronic resource (video)] / Independent Television News (Great Britain)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2000.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (63 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Aug. 05, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
And finally, a set of outrageous stories of the kind so frequently used at the end of news broadcasts. Clips in this program feature the largest and smelliest flower, a school for Santas, a pilot who literally flies blind, a telepathic terrier, the World Worm-Charming Championships, crossing the Atlantic by pedal boat, bungee-jumping at Victoria Falls, underwater hockey, the 16th Annual Juggling Olympics, the Fat Pets Slimming Contest, the world series of Monopoly, Pippy the homing budgie, and the baby with the longest name.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Independent Television News (Great Britain), 2000
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
ITN/Reuters Stock Footage Library
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 to 12.
Contents
Badger and Hamster Stories (2:49)
Santa School and a Clever Budgie (3:05)
Courageous Alsatian and Flying Sheepdog (2:44)
Baboons in the Urban Jungle (1:50)
Turtle Rescue and a Pet Red Deer (2:17)
Sherry-Swilling Mice and Hawk Rescue (2:22)
Cliff Top House and Pig Rustling (3:53)
Protected Snail and Female Boxing Champion (2:45)
Lucky Parachutist and the World's Largest, Smelliest Flower (4:29)
Blind Pilot and Telepathic Terrier (2:41)
Championship and Pet Contest (2:11)
High-Flying Balloonist and Jail Bird (2:43)
Elephant Shower and World Memory Champion (2:00)
Motorcycle Stunt and Worm Championships (2:31)
Interior Design and Police on Skates (2:20)
Childhood Eating Disorder and Self Defense for Vicars (2:22)
Child Golfer and Walking on Hot Coals (2:44)
Crossing the Atlantic and a Litter Runt (2:22)
Buried Treasure and Bungee Jumping (3:07)
Cave Woman and Model Trains (2:26)
Giant Vegetables and Juggling (2:21)
Ugly Duckling and Underwater Hockey (2:43)
Videorecording number
10774s Infobase
10782 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Independent Television News (Great Britain)
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