Unit 2

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Footage from George Schaller's studies of mountain gorillas in Central Africa. Majority of footage is of mountain gorillas. Also includes footage of man visiting Carl Akeley's grave; local rangers(?) shooting at bovid (includes brief shot of apparently wounded bovid); white-necked ravens; sweeping landscape views; the Schallers' camp; George Schaller observing gorillas; gorilla scat. Original source footage for NYZS film, The Mountain Gorilla, which follows at the end of this reel.

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Footage from Wayne King's studies in Indonesia researching the Komodo monitor. Many landscape shots and close-up shots of the Komodo monitor in its natural habitat.

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Black and white version of NYZS film showcasing the Bronx Zoo's Farm in the Zoo exhibit. "Cast Joe Kane, Mrs. Kane, Bobby Kane, Lloyd Van Cook; from Parkchester Housing Community: Peter Sheridan, Arthur Molloy, Jimmie Fllipone, Playground Children. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Narration by John Reed King"--Film credits.

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Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 5 is shot underwater, below ice. Shows scuba diver swimming underwater, seal swimming underwater and emerging through hole in ice, jellyfish below ice.

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Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1A has footage of seals, and penguins, and research scientists, diving and with audio equipment. Includes underwater footage of seals and human diver.

Scope and Contents Footage from Peter Gimbel and Carleton Ray taken during Ray's Antarctica studies. Reel 2A includes footage of researchers in scuba gear and on the ice, underwater footage of seals and jellyfish and human divers, researchers on the snow with a seal and a newly born pup [note the presence of blood presumably from the birth], researchers cutting into the snow, United States Antarctic Program equipment, scuba divers putting gear on, penguins in the snow, researchers in a lab, researcher...

Scope and Contents "Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the New York Zoological Park. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Directed and Narrated by William Bridges Curator of Publications. Production Associate Herbert J. Knobloch Assistant Curator of Education"--Film credits. Year-in-review film for 1961. Footage includes Great Apes House, baby orangutans at Animal Hospital, keeper Steve Spencook wtih a crocodilian, iguanas and other reptiles, Bird House exhibits, Members Day activities; the...