Unit 6

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"New York Zoological Zoological Society presents High Over the Borders" --Film credits. "An account of migrating birds which leave their Canadian habitat each autumn and head southward. Explains that banding of these wild birds has revealed that the birds fly down the Mississippi, over Mexico and Central America, some even crossing the High Andes to winter in Peru"--Worldcat.

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Film featuring shots of the Everglades National Parks and interviews with various people speaking about alligator poaching.

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"Produced in cooperation with Evan J. Anton. Adapted and narrated by William Bridges. Photographed in Africa by Saul and Lilian Blickman"--Film credits. Provides an overview of lions, their distribution and habitat, and behavior, for a popular audience.

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"Siberian tiger cub Natasha with Brad and Vinnie"--Orignal box label. Brad is likely Brad House, and Vinnie may be Vinnie Nestor.

Scope and Contents "The New York Zoological Society presents Wild Gold. Narrated by Robert Montgomery. Photographed by James R. Simon and Royal Little. Edited by Peter E. Hansen. Musical Director Edward Bland. East African Music Collected by C. P. Smith. An Affiliated Film Production. Produced and Written by Irving Jacoby"--Film credits. Portrays threats to African wildlife as caused by Maasai pastoral practices compounded by increasing cattle herd populations; describes collaborative efforts between East...

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Unedited close-up footage of butterflies.

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Close-up footage of the caterpillars in the Bronx Zoo's Butterfly Zone exhibit.

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Unedited footage of the butterflies on exhibit at the Bronx Zoo's Butterfly Zone. Includes footage of garden, front entrance, and pond.

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Footage of visitors interacting with the butterflies in the Bronx Zoo's Butterfly Zone exhibit.

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Outtakes reel of elephant footage: half of the footage is of elephants in the wild the other half is of elephants in the Bronx Zoo, with a shot of a Bronx Zoo staff member riding an elephant. The original box label mentions footage from the New York Aquarium of a narwhal, but this appears to have been removed.