The 61-minute live-action film stars many types of birds, including budgies (commonly known in the US as parakeets) and lovebirds.

Except for three humans (producer Ken Murray, bird trainer George Burton, and Elizabeth Walters) in a short set-up segment before the opening credits, the film features an all-animal cast.

Before long it was found that a thin coating of wax applied along the film edges solved this problem.

[1] The plot of the film is that the birds live in a fictional, peaceful town named Chirpendale.

The story follows the adventures of the hero Bill, a cab driver, as he tries to save Coo and the rest of the town's inhabitants from certain destruction.