<story><title>US film of parachuting beavers found after 65 years</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/22/idaho-historic-footage-parachuting-beavers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vessenes</author><text>I had a hard time understanding how and why you&amp;#x27;d drop beavers from a plane when a camera man could clearly get to the same spot, to, you know, make the film.&lt;p&gt;Then I thought that the camera man could have parachuted in, too. But, then I thought that either meant he then hiked out, in which case, why not hike in with beavers, and save the plane time? Or, perhaps, the plane could land on a lake, but in which case, why not land with beavers?&lt;p&gt;I may just be pre-caffeine, but I&amp;#x27;m not sure I understand the point here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ChuckMcM</author><text>Or you film the landed beaver back where you started an a &amp;quot;scripted&amp;quot; event. Bascially drop one in the original area where a camera is set up, let it film the decent and the beaver getting out. Then you film dropping beavers from the plane as they head down. The viewer can extrapolate that to the rest of the boxes in the back country.&lt;p&gt;Most, if not all, of these films were informational but did not have the full events filmed for technical reasons. Today of course you could just strap a phone to the beaver box and have it broadcast live on YouTube or something, which would have been pretty futuristic for the beavers.</text></comment>
<story><title>US film of parachuting beavers found after 65 years</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/22/idaho-historic-footage-parachuting-beavers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vessenes</author><text>I had a hard time understanding how and why you&amp;#x27;d drop beavers from a plane when a camera man could clearly get to the same spot, to, you know, make the film.&lt;p&gt;Then I thought that the camera man could have parachuted in, too. But, then I thought that either meant he then hiked out, in which case, why not hike in with beavers, and save the plane time? Or, perhaps, the plane could land on a lake, but in which case, why not land with beavers?&lt;p&gt;I may just be pre-caffeine, but I&amp;#x27;m not sure I understand the point here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Splines</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s possible that the on-land shot was staged and taken pre-flight, or maybe it was a test run to show what the landing would look like.&lt;p&gt;Alternately, hiking in with 20 angry beavers is probably a PITA.</text></comment>