Presented by Churchill Films, this short educational film produced by Waterman Productions from sometime during the 1960s titled “Finding Information” chronicles the story of a young boy growing up in the suburbs of Southern California and his curiosity for the world. This young boy, named Ricky, finds a baby bird, who he later names Peep, on one of his walks which catapults him into a mission to find out as much information as he can about this bird. Through this context, the film imparts information to its intended audience of school-aged children on how to research topics of interest beginning with talking to an authority followed by browsing resources at the local library.
Opening credits (0:09). Young boy walks in a residential area (0:23). Ricky inspects the leaves of a tree (0:36). Ricky finds a baby bird (0:46). Ricky shows the baby bird to his friends at school (1:22). Visit to Mr. Miller at the town pet shop for information on how to care for the bird (1:41). White Indian Fantail Pigeon (2:58). Ricky makes a shoe box nest for the bird (3:23). Feathers of baby bird grows in (3:48). Close observation of the feathers (4:08). Adult bird appears from the box – perhaps the bird is a Robin or a Sparrow (4:15). Ricky goes to the library to research what kind of bird Peep is – begins in the reference section with World Book Encyclopedias (4:29). Ricky investigates further using pamphlets (5:20). Librarian suggests ideas to Ricky to aid his search – magazines and books (5:39). Ricky searches for books using the card catalog (5:57). Ricky finds his answer – Peep was a House Finch or Linnet (6:30). Ricky trains peep on how to eat adult food (7:05-8:27). Ricky and friends debate Peep’s future – one friend suggests the Audubon Society of San Fernando Valley, California (8:40). The boys go on a tour of the Audubon Center (9:14). Ricky lets Peep go into the wild (10:16).
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