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[Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium scenery and staff], circa 1962-1965

 Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: F

Scope and Contents

Footage of exhibits, building openings, and the internal day-to-day activities of zoo operations. "Toucan sign, tractor trains, signs (Idea, Dodo, Okapi, Giraffe), pictures of the aquarium, aquatic construction and sign, Ducks and cormorant sign. Penguin sign, reptile cages, Galapogos exhibit, penguin sign, construction of low-walled enclosure for elephants, preparing food in the Reptile House, riding animals to pony track, cook coming to work past African [..], cook on cookroom platform, cook [....] office, lawn mowing at marsh garden, Talking Storybook and sign, New Ideas sign, photographing marsh garden, riding animals to pony track, elephant and keeper closing door, closing Rainey Gate, marsh garden, sea lion pool, and crowds, bird keeper on way to zoo, tractor train, print shop printing label, Bird House feed room, Reptile House (gator), buses to Crotona parking field, lost child and policeman, Aquatic Bird House, Osborn and others staff at cornerstone laying at the aquarium; marsh and Bird House. Parking field, aquarium, the arrival of puffins"--Original can label.

Dates

  • circa 1962-1965

Creator

Access Information

26 films in the Unedited NYZS/WCS Footage series have been digitized by the WCS Archives; 19 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 : Color; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Original Kodachrome Stock footage

17 minutes

610 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

Contact:
WCS Library/Archives
2300 Southern Blvd
Bronx New York 10460 United States