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Contains 169 Results:

Galapagos [Segment from NBC-TV Today Show series], 1961

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
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Footage from Galapagos of tortoises, birds, elephant seals, and iguanas. Connection to WCS unidentified.

Dates: 1961

Metropolitan Zoo: Wildlife Crisis, 1992

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104454
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The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

Dates: 1992

Moose of Kenai, 1943 or 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: E
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Film produced by the Alaska Game Commission, featuring Moose in the wild in the Kenai Fjords National Park. "During some winters moose have a hard time. Moose of Kenai"--Film credits.

Dates: 1943 or 1963

Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery, 1948

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
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Film by the medical officer on a seal-hunting boat in the ice fields off St. John's. Graphic footage of seals being killed; footage and intertitles illustrate animal exploitation at sea. "Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery. 1949 Production by Harry R. Lillie"--Film credits.

Dates: 1948

Short-finned pilot whales in Gasparilla Island, Florida, 1971

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
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"Short-finned pilot whales in Gasparilla Island, Florida August 20, 1971. Photographed by M.Q. Peterson"--Film credits.

Dates: 1971

The Elephant Seals of Guadalupe Island, 1926

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: E
Scope and Contents Film with intertitles narrating a boat expedition to Guadalupe Island, Mexico in search for an elephant seal for the San Diego Zoo. "The Seal Elephants of Guadalupe Island. Photographed by Robert L. Barkley. Filmed through the courtesy of the U.S. Navel Reserve. Forward: an expedition was made to Guadalupe Island, Mexico in search for an elephant seal for the San Diego Zoo. The expedition was led by Lt. E.W. Dort U.S.N.R. and Dr. Harry Wegeforth president of the S.D. Zoological Society in...
Dates: 1926

Whither the Wildlife, 1960

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
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"Malayan Film Unit Production. The purpose of this short film is to show something of the problems that face wildlife conservation in S.E. Asia. As many of the problems are identical in each country. The Federation of Malaya has been chosen as an example. This animal must be saved - Asiatic two-horned Rhinoceros. One of the world's largest animals less than 30 still survives in Burma today."--Film credits.

Dates: 1960

Wildlife in Denali, reel 1 and 2, 1947

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D
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Edited footage of foxes, birds, and ducks living in the McKinely National Park. "Photographed in McKinely National Park by Adolph Murie. Section on National Park Wildlife Fish and Wildlife Service"--Film credits.

Dates: 1947

[1964] One Summer Day at the Zoo, 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104420
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Year in review film showcasing summer visitors, hippos, gorillas, and the Rainey Gate.

Dates: 1963

[1966] Zoo '66, 1966

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104463
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Year in review film showcasing flamingos, sea lions, and tiger cubs or snow leopards on the lap of a zoo keeper. "Zoo '66. A review of the leading events at the Bronx Zoo in 1966 an exciting and productive year"--Film credits.

Dates: 1966