High Over the Borders

Description	In their routes of migration, birds "mock the man-made lines by which nations separate themselves," as the narrator states in this film intended to foster goodwill between the nations of the Americas. Two boys, Richie in the North and Ricardo in the South, both feel ownership of the barn swallows that reside in their respective homes at opposite ends of migratory routes. Aerial photography follows Canada geese migrating from northern Quebec to the Chesapeake Bay. Technically advanced high speed photography reveals the beating wings of the ruby-throated hummingbird. The bird banding and migratory data-collecting work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is explained. Animated maps of the hemisphere illustrate some of the long-distance bird migration patterns between North and South America.
Creator	National Film Board of Canada
Date	1942
Contributor	Irving Jacoby : written and directed by John Ferno : edited by Vittorio Giannini : original musical score Jack Shaindlin : musical director Phil Brown: narrator Lee Crandall : technical consultant John Grierson : advisor Kenneth Macgowan : advisor Fairfield Osborn : advisor
Duration	00:19:36
Color/Black & White	Black & white
Sound/Silent	Sound
Nation of Origin	Canada