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Zoo Babies, 1944

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104626

Scope and Contents

"Zoo Babies. Photographed in the New York Zoological Park by Claude W. Leister. Among the birds staring a family of Canadian geese. "Barney" the first young sea lion born and raised at the zoological park. Master Pigmy Hippopotamus is truly a smaller edition of his mother. A young grey kangaroo and opossum. A baby Himalayan Tahr. Young polar bears were newly received from the Arctic. A pair of lion cubs. A young llama, the South American camel. Z stands for zebras"--Film credits.

Dates

  • 1944

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

10.5 minutes

375 feet (Media Diameter: 7 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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