Unit 2

Scope and Contents Short film illustrating laboratory experiments with the "frog test"--ie. using frogs to test for pregnancy in humans. "Produced by A. L. Weisman MD from the Jewish Memorial Hospital. C.W. Coates NY Aquarium. Photography by Murray Spago New York Aquarium." "Over 3,000 tests on 11,000 animals by twelve groups of workers show that this test for early pregnancy is as accurate as the A-Z or Friedman tests but is much more rapid." "The 'frogs' are stored at the Aquarium after their arrival from...

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Outtakes from Frog Pregnancy Test film.

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Film featuring the zoo's giant tortoises.

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Outtakes from two films: Happy Birthday and Strangers from Afar. Includes footage of birds and mammals at the Bronx Zoo.

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A behind-the-scenes glimpse at the workers and animals at the aquarium. A lot of close-up shots of fish and their environment in aquarium tanks. "Lively Days at the Aquarium - 1958. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

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Directed by NYZS Film Consultant Henry M. Lester. Macro and time-lapse photography of flowers, insects and hummingbirds.

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Directed by NYZS Film Consultant Henry M. Lester. Macro and time-lapse photography of flowers, insects and hummingbirds.

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"Metropolitan Zoo Paseo Pantera"--Original can label.

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Film about grey whale populations off the coast of California. "Individuals and institutions thanked for their contribution to the film: Dr. Theodore J. Walker Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Ivan Tors, film producer"--Film credits.

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NYZS film about treating and avoiding snake bites.