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Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)

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Found in 960 Collections and/or Records:

Animals in the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park, 1949

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

Well-composed footage of deer, bison, birds, multiple nests in the wild with eggs, people with fawns, and the landscape of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park. Original box label notes that this is a different film from 1948 film with same title. "Photographed by James R. Simon"--Film credits.

Dates: 1949

Animals released in South America exhibit, 1972

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents

The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

Dates: 1972

Anniversary: 75 years of the New York Zoological Society, 1970

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents Film commissioned to celebrate NYZS's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1970. The majority of the footage is from the 1960s and 1970s, but the reel opens up with early footage and still photography. There is some brief footage of the NYZS Building at the 1939-1940 World's Fair, the Institute for Research in Animal Behavior facility at the Bronx Zoo, the counstruction of the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences, the opening of the World of Darkness and interior shots of that exhibit, dolphins...
Dates: 1970

Anseriformes: Ducks, geese, swans, 1958 - 1959

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

Ducks, geese, swans at the Bronx Zoo. Shot list: "Cereopsis geese -cereopsis novoe - hollandioe. Black-necked swan - Cygnus nigriallis. WGC pursued by "imprinted" duckling. American scoter- Oidemia Americana. red-headed baldpate (Widgeon)-Mareca penelope. Duck pond and J. Bell. Ducks and geese at Wild Fowls pond. Egyptian geese (from E. Africa). Andean crested duck"--Original can label.

Dates: 1958 - 1959

Anseriformes: Torrent ducks, 1970

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents

Close-up footage of torrent ducks at a pond at the Bronx Zoo.

Dates: 1970

Antarctic Laboratory, 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents Film depicting Carleton Ray's studies of the Weddel seal in Antarctica. In addition to footage of seals, includes shots of research facilities, researchers, and penguins. Includes footage of researchers collecting seals for study and subsequent study activities. Includes underwater (under the ice) footage of researchers scuba diving. "Antarctic Laboratory. A study of the submarine environment and ecology of the Weddell seal. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society under a grant from...
Dates: 1963

[Antarctica], 1964

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

Overexposed and darkly lit outtakes of natural holes in the sea ice and members of the Antarctica expedition.

Dates: 1964

[Antarctica], 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents

Researchers testing water indoors at the Antarctic research facilities.

Dates: 1963

Antarctica, reel 11, 1967

 Item — Box: Vinegar Box 005
Scope and Contents

The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

Dates: 1967

Antarctica, reel 12, 1967

 Item — Box: Vinegar Box 009
Scope and Contents

The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

Dates: 1967

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