Unit 6

NYZS film showcasing the animals at the aquarium, multiple shots of humans interacting with penguins and other animals. "A variety show of new and curious creatures of the New York Aquarium. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

"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.

Playful young hippos in the wild and at the Bronx Zoo. "A Sterling Educational film. NYZS Presents Hippo!"--Film credits.

"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.

Film showing Magellanic penguins and elephant seals on the shores of Patagonia. Footage of the shore covered with seals, plenty of close-up shots of penguins and seals, and also wide-angle landscape shots.

Behind-the-scenes glimpse of the staff at the New York Aquarium out on boats in the water following a tarpon. There is underwater footage of the tarpon, some shots of the exterior of the aquarium, and interior shots of researchers working with fish specimens. "The New York Aquarium Presents On the Trail of the Tarpon"--Film credits.

Film starring a chimpanzee dealing with the summer weather at the Bronx Zoo. "One hot day in the zoo! Copyright by the NYZS MCMLX"--Film credits.

Edited black-and-white film of NYZS employees playing baseball, on different baseball fields. There are insert shots of Yankee Stadium, and then various close-up shots of NYZS employees on the field. Employees include Fairfield Osborn, William Beebe, Herbert Knobloch, John Tee-Van, Lee Crandall. "Play ball!"--Film credits. Followed by color footage of Bronx Zoo tractor train, Children's Zoo, and riding animals.

"Springtime in Jackson Hole"--Film leader.

"Some of the world's rarest animals in the Bronx Zoo"--Film credits. Features variety of rare animals in the Bronx Zoo; includes footage of platypus and Bronx Zoo's platypusary.