Unit 3
Contains 194 Results:
District Ten kids at the Bronx Zoo, 1970 - 1979
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.
Whales - right whales, reel 17, circa 1971
Unedited whale footage taken by Roger Payne. Aerial footage of whales peaking up to the surface of the ocean and boats circling the area.
[John Tee-Van expedition to China to collect Pan-dah and Pan-dee], 1941
Footage of John Tee-Van's travels in China to collect two young panda bears gifted to the Bronx Zoo by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Shots include pandas traveling in rickshaw crates, boarding a plane, and arriving at the Bronx Zoo.
From the Pampas to Patagonia (Silent), 1965
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.