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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamby, Dave; Simmons, Martha
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/60975
Description
Summary: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.