Steven Spielberg directing a scene during the filming of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in Bay Minette, Alabama.
Actor Gene Rader is holding a caged bird, and a dog in the background is wearing a gas mask. In the film, the birds were sold as "early warning systems" to detect dangerous fumes in the air.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/60975 |