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Pandora, 1939 - 1940

 Item — Container: Unit 6, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103601

Scope and Contents

A film starring Pandora, the Bronx Zoo's first panda. Film has intertitles with mentions of Pandora at home from a day at the 1939-1940 World's Fair. "'Pandora our baby giant panda arrived in July. On her first green grass since China"--Film titles. Pandora is playing in different areas than the footage in the reels: 104357B, 104378, 104426E. Throughout the film there is a tire, grass in the foreground, a ramp, a ball and a fence that Pandora straddles. This is the negative of the reel 102533.

Dates

  • 1939 - 1940

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 : Black and White; Silent; Negative Print; Acetate Base; 18 frames per second; Dupe Negative ; 16mm

5.5 minutes

200 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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