Unit 2

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Rheas at the Bronx Zoo.

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The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

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"Family Colubridae Australian banded sea snakes- Platurus sp., Java wart snakes-Acrochordus, family Boidae, measuring python, incubating python, emerald tree boa, family Colubridae, spotted swamp snake, family Boidae, Indian rock python eggs and young python molurus, blind snake, family Elapidae, cobra and eggs, original"--Original Can label. "Good cobra hatching at the end, lots of eggs, lots of snakes, little dirty"--Note in original can.

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.