Unit 4

NBC-TV Today Show episode segment featuring the work of the New York Aquarium Director Ross F. Nigrelli.

Footage of Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium staff, at exhibits, offices, and indoor facilities. William Conway; Lee Crandall; Grace Davall; Charles Gandal; Hernon Dowling; Joe Davis and secretary; John Tee-Van; Gordon Cuyler; Publications, Education, Administrative, Facilities staff; Aage Svend Olsen; and Christopher Coates.

Footage of hippos and elephants outside at the Bronx Zoo, landscape shots of Rainey Gate and an empty Baird Court.

Significance of original film title (Brown, 1940-1941) not understood by WCS Archives. Short reel that features bison, Baird Court, crowds at the Bronx Zoo and a close up of a man believed to be NYZS President Fairfield Osborn.

"Aquarium Exhibits and facilities original. Aquarium building, Bathysphere (1962) Aquarium flag, Outdoor Aquarium tanks and exhibits, Aquarium labs (1962), Dr. Nigrelli checking tanks, Bermuda fishing trip. 1964: Indoor shark, outdoor shark, sand dunes, plans for new labs, Labs, parking lot, Pound nets, sand dunes, Exhibits, Aquarium schooling tank. Seal island; Crowds + exhibits, Osborn labs, Aquarium Entrance + Osborn Labs, Night and Day Aquarium"--Original can label.

"African Ankole cattle in Africa; African Cape, Buffalo in Africa; Baby Gayal, Nyalas, Gayals"--Original can label.

Macro-photographic shots of baby avocet.

Compilation of multiple shots of nesting boatbilled herons in an indoor setting.

Internal reel of crowds visiting the Bronx Zoo, mostly long or mid shots of people, little close ups or faces.

A single shot of an electric eel in an exhibition tank, at the New York Aquarium.