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

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Found in 998 Collections and/or Records:

Train expedition, 1915 or 1918

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

"Shot around 1915 or 1918 in Canada - possibly a presidential train"--Original can label. "Shots of mountains. Shots of train going through tunnel cut through side of mountain and coming out other side. There is no way of determining from the material what the film is supposed to represent and who the producer was"--1942 NYZS inventory.

Dates: 1915 or 1918

[Tranquillizing an elk], 1965

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

Edited montage footage of a zookeeper tranquilizing an elk at the Bronx Zoo for NBC 6PM news.

Dates: 1965

Treetop Acrobats: A Study of Gibbons at the Bronx Zoo, circa 1945-1965

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104424B
Scope and Contents

"Short version of gibbon film. On island, jumping; babies, on wire, etceteras"--Original box label.

Dates: circa 1945-1965

Treetop Acrobats: A Study of Gibbons at the Bronx Zoo, circa 1945-1965

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104599B
Scope and Contents

Film featuring a mother and young gibbon in the trees on the Bronx Zoo grounds and inside their indoor holding areas. "A Study of Gibbons at the Bronx Zoo. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Shot with the assistance of keeper Jim Reily"--Film credits.

Dates: circa 1945-1965

Tropical rain forest footage, 1974

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

Unedited camera footage of rainforest fauna, ferns, and close-ups of birds.

Dates: 1974

[Turtle at Bronx Zoo], 1959

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

A close-up shot of a turtle in an outdoor exhibit at the Bronx Zoo.

Dates: 1959

[Turtles], 1974

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103716A

Turtles and tortoises, 1954

 Item — Container: Unit 5, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102600
Scope and Contents

"Family: Emydidae. 1)turtle skeleton 2) South American gopher tortoises 3) painted turtle 4) Galapagos tortoise 5) baby green turtle 6) box turtle 7)African tortoise (East African) 8)African tortoise (East African). Family: Testudinisae Galapagos tortoises. Family: Carettochelyidae. Australian pitted-shell turtle"--Original can label.

Dates: 1954

Umbrella bird, 1946

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

Umbrella bird in Bronx Zoo exhibit.

Dates: 1946

Un Gorille Nomme Beethoven [A Gorilla Named Beethoven], 1978

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

Documentary-style film showing a family of gorillas in the wild and the humans researching them, with a primary focus on researcher Amy Vedder.

Dates: 1978

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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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