Unit 3

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A story about a day in the life of Andy, a baby orangutan at the Bronx Zoo.

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Film documenting the bringing of a baby walrus from Alaska to the New York Aquarium. Multiple shots of staff in Alaska, on a boat, and close-ups of tank fauna for the Aquarium. "Photographed by in Alaska by Carleton Ray and Russ Kinne. In the New York Aquarium by Carleton Ray and Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

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Research study of gibbons behavior. "Photographed and edited by C. R. Carpenter PhD Department of Psychology. Recorded by Penn State University. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and the American Film Fund. A study of postures, grasping and locomotion in an Anthropoid ape, the gibbon, Hylobatidae"--Film credits.

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Film showing birds in the city, possibly shown in the World of Birds exhibit.

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Silent version of film by William G. Conway and Robert Goelet, celebrating Argentina's wildlife and wild places and urging their preservation. Includes footage of torrent ducks, Magellanic woodpeckers, and elephant seals.

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Possibly related to NYZS Centennial in 1995.

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Film highlighting Bronx Zoo animals and exhibits, including hummingbirds, tapirs, gorillas, and penguins. Includes footage from the opening of the Great Apes House and view of the exhibt.

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Miscellaneous footage showing summer crowds and outdoor exhibits at the New York Aquarium. "Highlights and happenings at the Aquarium. In a hot dry summer our "water world" put on a continuous and lively afternoon"--Film credits.

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William Bridges's Belgian Congo expedition to transport three elephants to the Bronx Zoo. "A photographic report of three young elephants presented as gifts to the NYZS from the government of the Republic of the Belgian Congo"--Film credits.

Scope and Contents "Let's go to the Zoo. Special staff lecture film. Composite footage from 'Around the year in the Zoo'--1953, 1954 and 1955. Red-eared monkey; four young chimps; baby wanderoo monkey (Kenneth); Wanderoo, older with mirror; Helen Martini nursing baby tiger; Helen Martini nursing jaguar triplets; H.M. and tiger and jaguar cubs playing in Nursery; Tawny frogmouths; Otto the potto; four baby cottontails, Flip the sealion in Hospital; Interior of Reptile H. including Indian Rock puthon and eggs;...