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Title: CAMELS

Reference number: 3901

Date: n.d.

Production company: SEFA (Lanarkshire Group)

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 5.42 min

Description: Educational study of the characteristics of camels.

Credits: Desert sequences from the Film Walkabout by permission of Australia House.
Zoo sequences by courtesy of Calderpark Zoo and Edinburgh Zoo.

Shotlist: CAMELS (0.10) Camels These are Arabian camels and have only one hump. Some people call them Dromedaries (0.28) camels, sign ARABIAN CAMEL (1.12) Their cousin, the Bactrian comes from Asia and has two humps (1.20) shots of camels (1.59) The camel is able to live in the desert. His large feet splay out whenhe walks to prevent his sinking deeply into the sand. (2.10) c/u of camels feet (2.43) During sandstorms, his nostrils close to keep out the sand and yet allow him to breathe..(2.50) shot of camel, c/u of nostrils (3.02) ...and his long eye-lashes keep the sand from his eyes (3.10) c/u of camels eyelashes (3.31) He can go for several days without food or water. When food is scarce, he lives on the food stored in his hump. When water is scarce, he uses the water stored in a part of his stomach (3.47) c/u of humps (4.10) His tough mouth lets him feed on the thorns of the tree (4.14) c/u of camel eating (4.38) Which is it, Arabian or Bactrian? (4.40) Bactarian (4.46) Arabian camel Arabian (4.58) A camel caravan crosses the desert (5.03) shots of camels in desert (5.13) THE END CREDITS (5.42)