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Unit 3

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Contains 194 Results:

Baseball film, 1949

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: C
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Home movie footage of an amateur baseball game with NYZS staff at a ball field in the Bronx River park. Staff includes Fairfield Osborn, William Beebe, John Tee-Van, Lee Crandall, and Gordon Cuyler. Footage may be from multiple games. Footage is used in film Play Ball! (WCS-5005-104516)

Dates: 1949

Threadfish, 1961

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents

Footage of a threadfish shot against a dark backdrop.

Dates: 1961

Nocturnal exhibits in Small Mammal House, circa 1960s

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: B
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Experimental nighttime footage shot inside to illustrate the exhibit's architecture and a close-up of snakes and lizards in just two tones: black and red.

Dates: circa 1960s

District Ten kids at the Bronx Zoo, 1970 - 1979

 Item — Container: Unit 3, Shelf: A
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Unedited footage from 1970 of Bronx School District 10 elementary students at Bronx River waterfall, Bronx Zoo Children's Zoo, and rehearsing and performing Earth Day play. Additional footage of Eeyore's Birthday Party event. Footage shows events held on Bronx Zoo's Baird Court featuring large puppets possibly from the Bread and Puppet Theatre Company and community groups performing traditional European folk dances. Volunteer guides and children at day care center footage is from 1974.

Dates: 1970 - 1979