Swanson, George Alan, 1908-1968

Scope and Contents The Department of Tropical Research's first sound film, a summary of their wildlife field work in Venezuela, intended for a Venezuelan juvenile audience and produced by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, owned by ESSO Standard Oil. There is no known English language version of this film. Includes introduction in Spanish by William Beebe. "La siguiente película se presenta por cortesía del Dr. Beebe, director del Departamento de Investigaciones Tropicales de la Sociedad Zoológica de Nueva...

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DTR staff members at work at their headquarters and out in the field. William Beebe looking through binoculars, a young boy with a donkey, William Beebe collecting subterranean mammals, George Alan Swanson painting a lizard as he holds it in his hands, an ant colony, various insects.

Abstract Throughout its history, the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research employed artists to illustrate the specimens they observed and collected during their expeditions. Artists participated in the expeditions and collaborated closely with DTR scientists to create their illustrations. This collection includes around 2,000 color and black-and-white illustrations of living and non-living specimens created by these field artists between 1916 and 1953. Among the artists are...

Scope and Contents A compilation reel including shots of animal field studies, landscapes, and DTR staff members' work stations inside the new biological field station Rancho Grande. Footage includes child playing with an insect, exterior shots of the Rancho Grande field station, William Beebe and other DTR staff catching a snake on the grounds of Rancho Grande, an ocelot playing with a puppet, Jocelyn Crane with a monkey, George Swanson painting a snake as he holds it in his hands. Contains some duplicate...