Unit 3

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Film includes footage of Carleton Ray and others collecting fish and invertebrates for the New York Aquarium; shots of the Aquarium's laboratories and interior tanks; the electric eel exhibit; shots of visitors at exterior tanks; footage of fish and invertebrates swimming in tanks. " Photographed by Carlton Ray and Sam Dunton. Produced with the assistance of Louis Mowbray, the Curator of Bermuda Aquarium"--Film credits.

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Film showcasing a variety of baby animals being raised at the Bronx Zoo. Includes footage of Bronx Zoo's Gibbon Island and Animal Nursery.

Scope and Contents A travelogue featuring New York Aquarium researchers traveling to Mexico to study rare blind fish. "The Blind fishes of La Cueva Chica: the story of a New York Aquarium Expedition. Photographed by Sam Dunton and William Bridges. In 1936 a new kind of blind cavefish was reported in Mexico. Little was known about it aside from the fact that it lived inside a warm water cave. We set out to learn what we could as the natural occurrence of an eyeless condition is always of considerable scientific...

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Close-up footage of animals getting dental work at the Bronx Zoo.

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Year in review film introducing the exhibits and research facilities at the newly relocated New York Aquarium at Coney Island.

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"The New York Aquarium is a meeting place for grace and beauty and grotesque form"--Opening titles. Film shows various New York Aquarium exhibits, including the new walrus pool, and research activities at the proposed Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences.

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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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Shows visitors welcoming a baby tapir and a snow leopard named Snowball to the Bronx Zoo.

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Establishing shots of a variety of Bronx Zoo exhibits and animals, including the African Plains, the Lion House, giant panda exhibit, Children's Zoo. Also includes footage of the zoo shuttle, Bronx River waterfall, Rainey Gates, parking lot, riding animals. Also footage depicting the transport of African elephants from the British Congo and their arrival at the Bronx Zoo's Elephant House with a press event.

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Shows the growth and care of three tigers, born in the Bronx Zoo and raised from infancy by Helen Martini, including in her Bronx apartment.