The Red-Tailed Comet
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content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009
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content: Jorge Prelorán films
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content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán
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content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Educational film documents the birth and first flight of the Sappho sparganura, the red-tailed comet hummingbird, in the remote Santa Barbara Mountains, Salta Province, Argentina. Film was shot in the 1960s by Francisco Contino. Editing and post-production were done by Prelorán and the film was released in 1971.