Scope and Contents "High speed photography of a rattlesnake strike. Photographed in the Bronx Zoo by Henry M. Lester. Photographic consultant Sam Dunton New York Zoological Society Staff Photographer. With Herman "the toughest Texan of them all." Directed by Dr. James A. Oliver Curator of Reptiles. A timber rattlesnake is a fairly fast striker. Here he is photographed at normal speed"--Film credits. "This year it was our attempt to obtain a motion picture in full color, at ultra slow speed, of a rattlesnake's...

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Directed by NYZS Film Consultant Henry M. Lester. Macro and time-lapse photography of flowers, insects and hummingbirds.

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Directed by NYZS Film Consultant Henry M. Lester. Macro and time-lapse photography of flowers, insects and hummingbirds.

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Film starring a chimpanzee dealing with the summer weather at the Bronx Zoo. "One hot day in the zoo! Copyright by the NYZS MCMLX"--Film credits.

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Early high-speed motion picture study of a hummingbird. "One Second in the Life of a Hummingbird. As seen by the high-speed motion picture camera of the New York Zoological Society. By Henry M. Lester"--Film credits.

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High-speed macro-photographic study of a drone fly filmed at 3,000 frames per second. Directed by Henry M. Lester." Supervised by Dr. C.H. Curran The American Museum of Natural History. The Sperry Gyroscope Co. Inc. Study of drone fly wing action"--Film credits.