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Unit 7

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Contains 48 Results:

Collecting Fishes for the New York Aquarium, 1934

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents Film is incomplete and does not include ending credits. "Photographed by S. C. Dunton. The Aquarium's well boat Seahorse, which collects most of the local marine specimens. ...And year after year the Aquarium continues to be one of New York City's most popular public institutions. A friendly pup comes to inspect the hand, a piece of driftwood. A trip to Sandy Hook goes underway. Tanks and various equipment are brought down to the little vessel. Sea robins, blackfish and other local...
Dates: 1934

From the Pampas to Patagonia (English language version), 1965

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

English language version of film by William G. Conway and Robert Goelet, celebrating Argentina's wildlife and wild places and urging their preservation. Includes footage of torrent ducks, Magellanic woodpeckers, and elephant seals.

Dates: 1965

From the Pampas to Patagonia (Spanish language version), 1965

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

Spanish language version of film by William G. Conway and Robert Goelet, celebrating Argentina's wildlife and wild places and urging their preservation. Includes footage of torrent ducks, Magellanic woodpeckers, and elephant seals.

Dates: 1965

Paseo Pantera, 1993

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Film describing the Wildlife Conservation Society's development of the Paseo Pantera biotic corridors protected areas program in Central America. Features Chuck Carr (Archie Carr III), Bruce and Carolyn Miller, and Janet Gibson.

Dates: 1993

The Living Earth series, part 3: Arteries of Life, 1948

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Scope and Contents

Title 3 in The Living Earth series, produced by the Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica Films.

Dates: 1948

Spring in the Arctic (Maps and credits outtakes), 1954

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Scope and Contents

Shots of maps of Canada, and the area of Devon and Banif Island. "A pictorial report on the 1954 expedition to Bylot island, sponsored jointly by the New York Zoological Society and the Artic Institute of North America. Photographed by Dr. B. G. Ferris"--Film credits.

Dates: 1954

Birds and bats, 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Scope and Contents

Griffin and bats in trees, some close-ups, some wide-angle group shots.

Dates: 1963

The World of Water, 1950

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Scope and Contents

Majority of the film is close-up shots of fishes in the tanks in the aquarium. "Originally produced for us at the Society's membership meeting and in conjunction with the Aquarium Fund Campaign, was re-edited slightly to make it a more general film on fishes, with sound"--1951 NYZS Annual Report. "Distributed by McGraw Hill Book Company. The New York Zoological Society presents The World of Water"--Film credits.

Dates: 1950

[Men on boat and island collecting specimens], 1958

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents

Outtakes shot list: "men working on boat "The Courageous Newport" - boat cruising during evening or early morning. Panning of island - (Carlton Ray?). men on boat - island - men on island collecting specimens. Men boarding boat with equipment and three samples of fish. Men in diving gear - underwater scenery"--Original box label.

Dates: 1958

[Men on boat, older man with a camera], 1919 or 1939

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents

Men on the deck of boats, some fishing with nets, and a man with a still box camera.

Dates: 1919 or 1939