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Transcription
Thrasher Films
1933.
(Cont.)
Scene 2. Shifts to lower road to show Brownie coming from a little distance.
Scene 3. Brownie "does" a good "sun-fit"in glade.
Scene 4. Brownie attacks another gopher snake; catches him by the tail and chases him with blows under a dwarf heather; looks for him.
Scene 5: 2 youngsters in glade resting.
Scene 6 Brownie drinks from dish. Good, but not one of her two unusual drinking forms.
Scene 7. Brownie digs nearby and sun-fits.
Reel 9.50 50.ft. July 28. Page 298.
Scene 1. Opens with Greenie in glade on ground, then on baccharis. Rather dark, but shows how bird blends into back-ground.
Scene 2. Opens with Brownie alertly watching Yellow-bellied Racer on oval lawn. Circles about him warily, but does not attack. Snake strikes at Brownie and by watching closely it can be seen that she detects his preparatory movements and gets ready to jump in advance of thrust.(These snakes strike viciously)
Camera runs down at this point and Brownie chases him out of he field before I can get ready again. She chases him down the bank, through the bushes, across another road, down another bank to a fig tree where she and Greenie (just arrived) lose track of him. Of this pursuit I catch but a fleeting glimpse of them crossing the road.
Scene 3 Short one of thrasher on lawn.
" 4 Panorama of oval lawn. Very jerky. Greenie and one youngster may be seen in back-ground--very small. Reel ends.