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Collecting Fishes for the New York Aquarium, 1934

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104979

Scope and Contents

Film is incomplete and does not include ending credits. "Photographed by S. C. Dunton. The Aquarium's well boat Seahorse, which collects most of the local marine specimens. ...And year after year the Aquarium continues to be one of New York City's most popular public institutions. A friendly pup comes to inspect the hand, a piece of driftwood. A trip to Sandy Hook goes underway. Tanks and various equipment are brought down to the little vessel. Sea robins, blackfish and other local varieties. A school of runners following a sturgeon. A small Jack is placed in the tank with some East Indian Scatophagus and scrapes an acquaintance with a Key West Cowfish. Among the more interesting exhibits obtained from Sandy Hook are the rays"--Film credits.

Dates

  • 1934

Access Information

49 films in the NYZS/WCS Edited Films series have been digitized by the WCS Archives; 45 are publicly available online. Links to digitized items can be found at the item level in this finding aid or at the WCS Archives Digital Collection page. Items that have not been digitized are not currently accessible. Please consult the WCS Archives for further information.

Extent

1 film : Black and White; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Projection Print ; 16mm

7.5 minutes

280 feet (Media Diameter: 7 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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