Wildlife Conservation Society

Scope and Contents Footage of birds; heliconia plant; insects; landscape; Chiriqui the monkey harnessed to a stand and playing with a small net; William Beebe using an anemometer to measure air velocity. William Beebe (with Chiriqui perched on his shoulder), Jocelyn Crane and Henry Fleming out in the field with a bird net; Chiriqui examining insects from William Beebe's hand; butterflies participating in a color preference study with color swatches; paintings of a flowering heliconia plant. This is the camera...

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An edited film study of various crab species, shot by Jocelyn Crane as part of her field research the social behavior of crabs.

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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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Shot on DTR's forty-ninth expedition, this reel includes footage of William Beebe touring the grounds at the new Department of Tropical Research lab Simla in Trinidad, and of Jocelyn Crane working in "the Flutter Inn," a "large insectary for housing and breeding butterflies and other insects under study"--1951 NYZS Annual report, p49. There are multiple macro photography shots of butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects. "Photography: J. Crane"--Film can.

Scope and Contents Fledgling hoatzin walking on a tree limb. "Gold boats. River. Canje Creek. Potaro Rapids. [Department of Tropical Research staff standing with local and possibly Indigenous people in front of post office.] [Indigenous people walking and] running on trail"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p37. "William Beebe cutting bromeliads. Pouring out golden frogs. Tadpoles on hand. Kaieteur Falls. [William Beebe] capturing a thirty [probably closer to 10] foot boa. William Beebe holding it for Isabel...

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Various footage, some and likely all from Venezuela. Footage includes William Beebe and a young man on a small sailboat, exterior shot of a building and grounds. Microphotographic shots of birds, insects, crabs on the the beach. A large land crabs climbing a tree, antlions, unidentified insects, Squilla mantis, unidentified fish.

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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.