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

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Found in 997 Collections and/or Records:

St. Catherines Island shipping gemsbok, 1975

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Footage of staff crating and shipping a gemsbok at St. Catherines Island.

Dates: 1975

Stars in Stripes: Three Little Tigers and How They Grew, 1952

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104333B
Scope and Contents

Shows the growth and care of three tigers, born in the Bronx Zoo and raised from infancy by Helen Martini, including in her Bronx apartment.

Dates: 1952

[Still historical photos for NYZS 75th anniversary film], 1970

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

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

Dates: 1970

Strangers from Afar, 1947

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104594
Scope and Contents

"Some of the world's rarest animals in the Bronx Zoo"--Film credits. Features variety of rare animals in the Bronx Zoo; includes footage of platypus and Bronx Zoo's platypusary.

Dates: 1947

Struthioniformes, 1964

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

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

Dates: 1964

Struthioniformes: Ostrich, 1964

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

Footage of ostriches in the zoo and in the wild.

Dates: 1964

Suidae: Warthog, 1961

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

Wide-angle, establishing shots of a group of warthogs in the wild. "Footage shot for Wild Gold"--Original can label.

Dates: 1961

Surgery of Subcutaneous Tumor in Parakeets, 1958

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104311B
Scope and Contents

Close-up of surgery on parakeets. "Surgery of subcutaneous tumor in parakeets. Techniques employed in the NY Zoological Park. Charles P. Gandal Veterinarian New York Zoological Park. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

Dates: 1958

Sweeney Steps Out, 1941

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104600B
Scope and Contents "Sweeney Steps Out. Produced by Warner Brothers"--Film credits. "Adventure in the Bronx is a 1941 American short documentary film directed by Joseph Krumgold and produced for the New York Zoological Society. It tells the story of a boy exploring a zoo. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. It was later reissued by Warner Bros. under the name Sweeney Steps Out in the Hollywood Novelties series. Joseph Krumgold later wrote the book Sweeney's Adventure based on the...
Dates: 1941

Takin Country in Northwest Burma, 1960

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104379
Scope and Contents

Travelogue and wildlife survey of northwest Burma. Some shots of local people, elephants, landscapes, and takin, including one takin who is roped and put on a plane in a crate. Film concludes with animal's arrival at the Bronx Zoo. "Takin Country in Northwest Burma. Photographed by Oliver M.B. Milton and Richard D. Estes, Burma Wildlife Survey, 1959"--Film credits.

Dates: 1960

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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
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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
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
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