Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 998 Collections and/or Records:
One Hot Day in the Zoo!, 1960
Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104514B
Scope and Contents
Film starring a chimpanzee dealing with the summer weather at the Bronx Zoo. "One hot day in the zoo! Copyright by the NYZS MCMLX"--Film credits.
Dates:
1960
One Second in the Life of a Hummingbird, 1947
Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents
Early high-speed motion picture study of a hummingbird. "One Second in the Life of a Hummingbird. As seen by the high-speed motion picture camera of the New York Zoological Society. By Henry M. Lester"--Film credits.
Dates:
1947
Orangutan (Outtakes), circa 1965-1980
Item — Container: Unit 5, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102597
Scope and Contents
"Orangutan Sections. Adult swinging back and forth on limb-5.5 seconds. Falling tree in forest-8.25 seconds. Orang holding on to branch-3 seconds. Orang swinging in circular direction-6.5 seconds. Sky view of Orang walking over hump of branch-9.75 seconds. Sky view of oran swinging on branch-8 seconds. Orang swinging from vine to tree and fades into pan of forest, mother and baby-2 min.38 seconds. Orang swinging to catch branch-23.5 seconds. Close up shot of Orang 28 seconds, fades into...
Dates:
circa 1965-1980
Ornithorhynchidae: Platypus, 1957
Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 102960
Scope and Contents
Presumably footage of platypus in Bronx Zoo.
Dates:
1957
Otters, 1955
Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: G
Scope and Contents
The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.
Dates:
1955
Otters, 1968-03-12
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Close-up shots of otters at the Bronx Zoo. "Otters (Bransby). Photographed by: John Bransby 28 W. 44 Street New York"--Original can label.
Dates:
1968-03-12
Pablo, Fils de Lisa, Akagera [Pablo, Son of Lisa, Akagera], circa 1980s
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.
Dates:
circa 1980s
[Pandas at the St. Louis Zoo], 1940
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Home movie of pandas playing in a zoo, possibly collected by William Conway but unlikely to have been shot by him.
Dates:
1940
Pandora, 1939 - 1940
Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103601
Scope and Contents
A film starring Pandora, the Bronx Zoo's first panda. Film has intertitles with mentions of Pandora at home from a day at the 1939-1940 World's Fair. "'Pandora our baby giant panda arrived in July. On her first green grass since China"--Film titles. Pandora is playing in different areas than the footage in the reels: 104357B, 104378, 104426E. Throughout the film there is a tire, grass in the foreground, a ramp, a ball and a fence that Pandora straddles. This is the negative of the reel...
Dates:
1939 - 1940
Parakeet hernia surgery, 1958
Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
Close-up footage of a hernia surgery being performed on a parakeet.
Dates:
1958
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- Archival Object 959
- Collection 39
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- Wildlife conservation 17
- Zoos -- Administration 14
- Zoo animals 11
- Public aquariums 8
- Aquarists 6
- 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
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- Zoos -- Public relations 1
- Zoos -- Publicity 1
- Zoos in motion pictures 1 ∧ less
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