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Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)

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Found in 998 Collections and/or Records:

Lively Days at the Aquarium, 1958

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104170
Scope and Contents

A behind-the-scenes glimpse at the workers and animals at the aquarium. A lot of close-up shots of fish and their environment in aquarium tanks. "Lively Days at the Aquarium - 1958. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

Dates: 1958

Living Natural History XVII, 1925

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

"Illustrated by systematic records from the collections of the New York Zoological Society"--Film credits. "Chapter XVII Marsupials Continued and The Egg-Laying Mammals"--Film titles. Footage of animals interspersed with titles.

Dates: 1925

Lizard temperature taking, circa 1950-1970

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

"Lizard temperature taking. Lizard and snake fighting"--Original box label.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

Lizards, circa 1961-1967

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Compilation reel of lizards in the wild and on exhibit at the Bronx Zoo.

Dates: circa 1961-1967

[Lizards], circa 1940-1980

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103716B
Scope and Contents

Unedited footage of lizards in foliage.

Dates: circa 1940-1980

Looking for the Answers: Animal Behavior Research in the New York Zoological Park, 1955

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: G
Identifier: 104353
Scope and Contents

Film on animal behavior research at the Bronx Zoo. Includes discussions of behavior experiments involving of cock-of-the-rock, toucan, aligator (French horn response), giant tortoises, lions, and elephants.

Dates: 1955

[Maasai], 1961

 Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

Footage includes Maasai people in traditional dress and jewelry, also with tools, Maasai with cattle, various landscape shots. Footage possibly taken by Saul and Lillian Blickman.

Dates: 1961

Magellanic Penguins and Elephant Seals in Patagonia, circa 1950-1970

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104588B
Scope and Contents

Film showing Magellanic penguins and elephant seals on the shores of Patagonia. Footage of the shore covered with seals, plenty of close-up shots of penguins and seals, and also wide-angle landscape shots.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

Malagasy lemurs, 1964

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: E
Scope and Contents

Footage of lemurs in trees, mostly close-ups. Footage likely from Alison Jolly's NYZS-sponsored studies.

Dates: 1964

Malagasy lemurs, 1967

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: A
Scope and Contents

The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

Dates: 1967

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Type
Archival Object 959
Collection 39
 
Subject
Wildlife conservation 17
Zoos -- Administration 14
Zoo animals 11
Public aquariums 8
Aquarists 6
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Public aquariums -- Design and construction 6
Aquarium animals 5
Aquatic animals 5
Zoo directors 5
Zoo exhibits 5
Zoos -- Employees 5
Marine laboratories 4
Scientific expeditions 4
Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 4
Wildlife research 4
Animal dealers 3
Herpetology 3
Marine biologists 3
Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 3
Wildlife management 3
Zoo veterinarians 3
Zoo visitors 3
Birds -- Conservation 2
Endangered species 2
Herpetologists 2
Ichthyologists 2
Marine ecology 2
New York Zoological Society -- History 2
Public aquariums -- Administration 2
Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 2
Wildlife art 2
Wildlife conservation -- Africa 2
Wildlife conservationists 2
Zoos -- Design and construction 2
Zoos -- Administration 2
Zoos -- Educational aspects 2
American bison 1
Aquarium visitors 1
Bathysphere 1
Birds -- New York State -- Bronx County 1
Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
Electrophorus (Fish) 1
Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Giant panda 1
Mammalogists 1
Mammalogy 1
Mammals -- Research 1
Marine natural products 1
Motion picture film collections 1
Museum exhibits 1
National parks and reserves 1
New York Zoological Park -- History 1
Ornithologists 1
Primates -- Africa 1
Protected areas 1
Public aquariums -- Educational aspects 1
Public aquariums -- Employees 1
Reptiles 1
Rodents -- Canada 1
Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 1
Scientific expeditions -- Costa Rica 1
Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 1
Scientific expeditions -- Labrador (N.L.) 1
Scientific expeditions -- Papua New Guinea 1
Scientific expeditions--Asia 1
Snakebites 1
Snakes 1
Veterinary medicine 1
Veterinary medicine -- Research 1
Whale sounds 1
Whales 1
Wild animal collecting 1
Wildlife conservation -- Madagascar 1
Wildlife conservation -- Sudan 1
Wildlife management -- Madagascar 1
Xiphophorus 1
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
Zoos 1
Zoos -- Administration -- Economic aspects 1
Zoos -- Public relations 1
Zoos -- Publicity 1
Zoos in motion pictures 1
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