The Long Flight (1968)

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1968
  • Asset ID: 801123
  • Synopsis: The definitive story of pigeon racing in Belgium. The film starts at a bar where they also auction off racing pigeons and then the film looks at the training and preparation for the big race. We follow the pigeons to their release point and then the long wait for them to return and find out who the winner is.
  • Shotlist: 00:01:55 Titles 00:02:18 GVs pigeon auction at a bar in Belgium, GVs people drinking and relaxing in a bar. 00:03:58 GVs training and preparing pigeons for the big race. 00:07:24 GVs local pigeon club, GVs registration process and transporting them to the start point. 00:11:36 GVs people standing and watching the start of the pigeon race, GVs pigeon flying back home, GVs people at home waiting, GVs aerial view over cities and landscape. 00:20:26 GVs first pigeons arriving back home, GVs registering pigeons, GVs more pigeons flying back home. 00:22:19 BP Shield logo 00:22:25 END
  • Production Company: None
  • Licensing Restrictions: None
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None