Unit 2

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.

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.

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.

Film on the ecosystem of a North American marsh.

Film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica comparing pond ecosystems and the modern urban environment.

The digitized version of this film has sound. A film letter documenting the expedition led by Olaus and Margaret (Mardy) Murie during the summer of 1956 along the Sheenjek River in northern Alaska. The expedition was sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and included George Schaller as a young assistant. The film is narrated by Olaus and Mardy Murie and was filmed by Robert Krear and produced by the Conservation Foundation.

"Presents an overview of Dr. Jane Goodall's work on chimpanzee behavior in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Follows the daily routine of a number of chimpanzees as they feed, make tools, and groom and communicate with each other"--Internet Archive. Produced by National Geographic.

Episode from the American wildlife documentary series Animal World. Shows researchers studying birds in Bahrain.