Wildlife July 2010

[Brian Ellis]

Useless information maybe Maggi, but far more than I retained apart from the title!

[Ragged Robin]

My childhood memory has been really stirred now and further back I think this might be the key to the white horse on the Carmargue.  These wonderful films made for cinema but shown for children on TV in B/W when I was little - The Red Ballon (coloured red in the film) & White Mane by Albert Lamorisse.  Could this be it? What do you think?





http://www.kiddiematinee.com/w-whitemane.html

[Anthony Darby]

I remember a 1960s TV programme simply called "The White Horses".

[Maggi Young]

I remember a 1960s TV programme simply called "The White Horses".

Yes, Anthony, that's the one I mentioned already  see this  Re: Wildlife July 2010
« Reply #89 on: July 30, 2010, 05:34:39 PM » a couple of pages back.... but that's not the right one!  

[Peter Maguire]

I certainly seem to have started something here.....

Robin; I watched the trailers you posted the URLs for: in the second one, did my eye deceive me or did the boy fall off the white horse and crush the unfortunate rabbit he had been chasing?

Anthony; I'm sure that is the programme I'm thinking of, Anne and I think that it was screened on Thursday evenings, after 'Blue Peter'. None of the other suggestions so far have quite corresponded to what I dimly remember, although it may have inspired the Guinness advertisement. The theme tune, which I can almost remember, was something like a stirring march, and the lead instrument may have been a (French?) horn. Still have no idea of the name though!

Lesley; Was it shown in New Zealand also??

To return to the wildlife topic, we had a red squirrel in the garden yesterday, didn't have the camera handy, but I thought that it was quite a good 'tick' for a garden in central Newcastle

[Brian Ellis]

Just for you Peter

[Lesley Cox]

Whatever it was Peter, it must have been shown here, as I too remember the horses, in surf. Otherwise, my memory fails me but I did remember vividly, the wonderful film "The Red Balloon" mentioned by Robin. I saw this when I was quite young, (shown before the "big" picture, at a cinema) and it had been in my mind ever since until last year I saw it advertised as a DVD along with "White Mane" so I ordered and bought the DVD and was thrilled to see the balloon again, the whole thing in colour, not just the balloon. "White Mane" isn't the one we're looking for though.