Between the Tides
Overview
Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of Britain's shores. The film show the fascinating and colourful marine life of shoreline and rock pool, filmed in the inter-tidal zone of a typical and attractive rocky shore of southwest England. The amazing diversity of creatures must be seen to be believed; periwinkles, top-shells, starfish and lump suckers, the self-concealing flatfish, the gaper and razor fish and the commuting and breeding seabirds. Beautifully photographed in glorious Technicolor by resident cameraman Ron Craigen, the film was awarded fifteen international film honours, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
- Production
- British Transport Films
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Ralph Keene
- Writers
- James Burns Singer
- Producers
- Ian Ferguson,Edgar Anstey
- Cinematography
- Ronald Craigen
- Composer
- Edward Williams
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CinemaSerf
February 10, 2024
British actor Stephen Murray creatively narrates this rather interesting short glimpse of the huge variety of life that exists on the beaches and in the rocks that surround the United Kingdom. Limpets, barnacles, whelks and sponges all cling to surfaces as the anemones, prawns, crabs and fish run the gauntlet of the eat and be eaten routine that constitutes daily life. The lobster - "a blue somnambulist perambulating on stilts" mixes with an whole slew of shellfish that seem to defy the laws of …