QUETZAL QUEST

Duration: 15 min

Genre: Natural Science

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Silent

Description: The sacred bird of the American ancients traced to his home in the rain forests high above the clouds of Guatemala. For the first time in history an adult male is captured and brought out alive. Declared by scientists to be "the outstanding biological exploration of the century."

Complete Record: Color nature film documenting the capture of the rare quetzal bird in Mexico.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcz1YH6r7oU

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946