Unit 4

Soft-focus and medium shots of lions in the wild.

Waterbucks and gerenuks in their native habitat, long shots of animal herds and close-ups of individual animals hunting prey.

"Jacques Cousteau's crew loading yellow saucer [Soucoupe] with equipment... Men on boat (C[arlton] Ray?) scooping out nets of fish on the water"--Original box label. Additional marine footage appears to be unrelated to Cousteau footage.

Testing of underwater saucer (Soucoupe). Likely footage of testing of the Diving Saucer, (Soucoupe plongeante, or the SP-350 Denise) a small submarine developed by Jacques Cousteau in 1959.

NBC-TV Today Show episode segment featuring the work of the New York Aquarium Director Ross F. Nigrelli.

"A reel of miscellaneous bird footage taken from the following films: Pink treasures of Bahraini, Birds of East and Central Africa, and Birds of Shore and Marsh"--Original can label.

"A reel of miscellaneous bird footage taken from the following films: Our Endangered Wildlife, Life of a kingfisher, From the Pampas to the Patagonia, and African and Asian birds"--Original can label.

A short narrated film featuring birds and sketches of a building. There are no credits in this film. "Craven films - Morris Ketchum."--Original box label.

Newsreel featuring the camels, lions, gorillas, and zebras at the Bronx Zoo. The shots of children were removed from this print. "RKO Pathe News. Bronx Zoo Animals. The News Magazine of the Screen Produced by Warner Pathe News"--Film credits.

"Duck-billed platypus (around 1922)"--Original can label. "Producer: Pathe. Various shots of the duck-billed platybus. Platybus brought to Bronx Zoo. Unloaded. Placed in cage. Swimming in water. Feeding. Being handled by keeper. Being washed. Creeping around. This is rather interesting material and is marked property of Pathe"--1942 NYZS Film Inventory.