Unit 2

Film featuring the zoo's giant tortoises.

Outtakes from two films: Happy Birthday and Strangers from Afar. Includes footage of birds and mammals at the Bronx Zoo.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at the workers and animals at the aquarium. A lot of close-up shots of fish and their environment in aquarium tanks. "Lively Days at the Aquarium - 1958. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

Film showcasing the link between WCS's wildlife conservation efforts at its New York City zoos and its global field work. There is a segment on the Coral Reef Lab at the New York Aquarium and the medical fertilization of snow leopards. Staff featured include Fred Koontz, George Schaller, Alyssa Scott, Martha Hiatt, Kris Theis, Keith Walker, Kevin Walsh, Alan Alder, Lorraine Hershonik, William Karesh, Robert Cook, Paul Calle, and Bonnie Raphael.

"Metropolitan Zoo Paseo Pantera"--Original can label.

Film featuring George's Schaller's wildlife survey of the Shey Gompa area in Dolpo District, Nepal. Peter Matthiessen contributed to the film and appears on camera in several scenes.

Produced by Staff Photographer Sam Dunton and Curator of Reptiles, James A. Oliver, the film shows the locomotion of various snakes and features a puff adder being photographed from below and by x-ray. "This is the first x-ray motion picture ever made to show the anatomical movements involved [of snakes]". It was intended to be part of a series on reptiles that would include the NYZS film Introducing the Reptiles.

An educational film depicting various animals on a North American farm.

Footage of woodpeckers, including pileated woodpecker.

Film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films. "Shows the full yearly cycle of spring, summer, fall, and winter in the temperate deciduous forest. Pictures typical deciduous forest plants and animals in their natural environments and uses time-lapse, photomicrography, and close-up photography to show the complex network of plant and animal relationships that make up the deciduous forest community"--Worldcat.