Box Unit 4

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Various landscapes and butterfly field studies. "Original scenery. Pedro [illegible] puddle in road, plain river shot, branch with dry leaves, green jungle shot and plants. Jungle shot, guayacan, Trinidad, purple orchid, manais garden, flowers"--Note in original can.

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Macro photography studies of "grasshopper (not eating), green beetle, gold, blue and white caterpillar, sphinx caterpillars on tree, pupa, Hel, chy. against dark sun and bee on stick"--Note in original can.

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Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. "Children in forest, finding [ocelot], boy in hammock scrap, good unused mudhole collect, fighting beetle"--Note in original can. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting various animals. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

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Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. Includes landscapes and shots of local people. Shows the process of a building being constructed with local plant materials. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

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Footage from the DTR's 43rd expedition, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. A compilation reel showing local children, Chiriqui (the DTR's pet monkey), and various wild animals engaged in eating, climbing, and cleaning themselves. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

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Footage of various animals, including armadillo, lizard, sloth. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting specimens in the mud. Various scenery, insects, and birds. William Beebe feeding and petting an anteater; unidentified local man, who likely worked with the DTR, cuddling an ocelot cub.

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Exterior of Rancho Grande field station, various animals, William Beebe and Henry Fleming climbing a tree to collect specimens. Shots of bottles of various acids. Sequence of marionette appearing to do something with bottle of acid. "Assorted flowers, birds, small animals, fulgurites (includes Mung, red howler monkey and arum sequences)"--Note in original can.

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William Beebe walking with bush dog; footage of snakes, insects, squid, and fish; lizard eating insects, antlion, fish, and crabs in front of a sunset.

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Footage of birds and cattle, followed by footage of birds and reptiles, taken from a rowboat on a river, with shots of William Beebe in the rowboat.

Scope and Contents The Department of Tropical Research's first sound film, a summary of their wildlife field work in Venezuela, intended for a Venezuelan juvenile audience and produced by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, owned by ESSO Standard Oil. There is no known English language version of this film. Includes introduction in Spanish by William Beebe. "La siguiente película se presenta por cortesía del Dr. Beebe, director del Departamento de Investigaciones Tropicales de la Sociedad Zoológica de Nueva...