Unit 4

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Film showcasing the facilities and blueprints of the on-site hospital at the Bronx Zoo.

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Intro title sequence for "Something is Always Happening at the Bronx Zoo", superimposed over an elephant.

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Travelogue and wildlife survey of northwest Burma. Some shots of local people, elephants, landscapes, and takin, including one takin who is roped and put on a plane in a crate. Film concludes with animal's arrival at the Bronx Zoo. "Takin Country in Northwest Burma. Photographed by Oliver M.B. Milton and Richard D. Estes, Burma Wildlife Survey, 1959"--Film credits.

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Film featuring reptiles, showcasing footage of a slow-motion shot of a rattlesnake strike. "Illustrations of the various ways reptiles seek to survive in an often-hostile world"--Film credits.

Scope and Contents "George Schaller conducted an intensive year-long behavioral study of the mountain gorilla in its natural habitat in central Africa, near the Virunga Mountains. Environment, behavioral characteristics, and social organization are covered in this piece. All gorilla footage shown is silent, with voice-over narration. Behaviors shown include display (chest beating, branch slapping, and plant throwing), juveniles at play, locomotion (knucklewalking, climbing), eating leaves and wild celery, and...

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"The New York Zoological Society The Pennsylvania State University National Science Foundation Presents The Mountain Gorilla. Photographed and written by George B. Schaller. Fieldwork director John T. Emlen JR. Advisor C.R. Carpenter. Produced by Pennsylvania State University. Editing D.P. Duvall. Sound Recording G.H. Hutchison. Narration by C.R. Carpenter"--Film credits.

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Film documenting Carleton Ray's expedition to Alaska for a white whale for exhibition at the New York Aquarium. "The White Whales of Bristol Bay, a film produced by the NY Zoological Society and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game"--Title credits. The majority of the footage is of the Department of Fish and Wildlife staff, with very little whale footage.

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"Photographed by James R. Simon"--Film credits. Footage of bears, including cub, and bison, including calf and herd running.

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

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"Short version of gibbon film. On island, jumping; babies, on wire, etceteras"--Original box label.