Unit 4

Shows footage of Faifield Osborn at events at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium, Osborn hosting the Shah and Empress of Iran, various exhibits including the Aquatic Birds House and the Red Light exhibits in the Small Mammal House, Osborn at New York Aquarium events, and the construction of Osborn Laboratories of Marine Science.

Possibly related to NYZS Centennial in 1995.

Film with intertitles of young gorillas playing in their enclosures at the Bronx Zoo. This reel is an incomplete excerpt from the film "Gorillas at Play and Maylasia at the Bronx. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film titles.

"I. Kodachrome workprint cuts of 'Great Days at the Zoo'. 1. Sumaili (Baby Mt. Gorilla and Helen Martini in nursery 1. Eastern umbrella bird 2. Long wattled umbrella bird 3. Red and black bird 4. Sword bill hummer 5. Sickle bill hummer 6. Comte de Paris hummer 7. Chimborazo hill star 8. Violet eared hummer 9. Thornbill hummer 10. Boucard's train bearer 11. Equatorial cock of the rock. Small reel; Great apes house interior, black and white original cuts"--Original can label.

Reel of Jamaica Bay Bird Sanctuary, mostly landscape shots of the bay, some footage of birds flying in the bay. "Department of Parks Jamaica Bay improvements proposed and existing. Jamaica Bay Bird Sanctuary"--Map in title credits.

Mr. Moto, a Macaque monkey, introduces the animals of the zoo on an alphabetical tour from aardvark to zebra.

Film showcasing the facilities and blueprints of the on-site hospital at the Bronx Zoo.

Intro title sequence for "Something is Always Happening at the Bronx Zoo", superimposed over an elephant.

Film featuring reptiles, showcasing footage of a slow-motion shot of a rattlesnake strike. "Illustrations of the various ways reptiles seek to survive in an often-hostile world"--Film credits.

"A reel of miscellaneous bird footage taken from the following films: Pink treasures of Bahraini, Birds of East and Central Africa, and Birds of Shore and Marsh"--Original can label.