Flight of the Snow Geese

Flight of the Snow Geese
Written byColin Willock
Narrated bySir Peter Scott
Music byGlen Campbell
Country of originEngland
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAubrey Buxton
Cinematography
Running time52 minutes
Production companyAnglia Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release25 December 1972 (1972-12-25)

Flight of the Snow Geese is a nature documentary from the Survival series.[1][2]

History

In 1972 Des and Jen Bartlett made this film. They were awarded an Emmy for their efforts. They had followed the 2,500 mile migration of 300,000 geese from Canada's Hudson Bay to the Mississippi Delta. They had adopted fourteen of them and the parental bond enabled them to film them as they jointly migrated. The geese were flying and the Bartletts were inside a station wagon filming them as they travelled together. The eventual remarkable footage was screened with a music track by Glen Campbell singing Fly High and Free.[3]

The Bartletts were jointly awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1974.[4]

References

  1. ^ Flight of the Snow Geese, Survival, Andrew Sachs, 1972-12-25, retrieved 2024-12-24{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Anglia Films (1973), The Flight of the Snow Geese, Internet Archive, Norwich, England : Anglia Films, retrieved 2024-12-24
  3. ^ Walshe, Tom (2025-07-03). "Jen Bartlett obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  4. ^ "Medals and Awards" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.