Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
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Found in 997 Collections and/or Records:
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
Paseo Pantera, 1993
Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104732
Scope and Contents
Film describing the Wildlife Conservation Society's development of the Paseo Pantera biotic corridors protected areas program in Central America. Features Chuck Carr (Archie Carr III), Bruce and Carolyn Miller, and Janet Gibson.
Dates:
1993
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- Archival Object 959
- Collection 38
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- Wildlife conservation 16
- 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
- Scientific expeditions 4
- Wildlife conservation -- Law and legislation 4
- Wildlife research 4
- Animal dealers 3
- Herpetology 3
- Marine laboratories 3
- Wildlife management 3
- Zoo veterinarians 3
- Zoo visitors 3
- Birds -- Conservation 2
- Endangered species 2
- Herpetologists 2
- Ichthyologists 2
- Marine biologists 2
- New York Zoological Society -- History 2
- Public aquariums -- Administration 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 2
- Wildlife conservation -- Fieldwork 2
- Wildlife conservationists 2
- Zoos -- Design and construction 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 ecology 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 art 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 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 -- Administration 1
- Zoos in motion pictures 1 ∧ less
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