Unit 7
Contains 48 Results:
Members Clean Up Day, part 2, 1990
Adult members of the Bronx Zoo cleaning up the park on a rainy day.
Nesting emerald hummingbird and cock of the rock, 1967
The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.
Northern waters, fishing and seining, circa 1950-1975
Unedited footage of fishing boats with seine nets in the water, some shots of people on the deck of the boat.
Parakeet hernia surgery, 1958
Close-up footage of a hernia surgery being performed on a parakeet.
Pelican roundup, 1970
Footage of Bronx Zoo staff in a canoe rounding up pelicans for annual return to winter quarters.
Skyfari rescue operation, 1979
Ground and air footage of the rescue operation of a tram stuck mid-air of the Skyfari ride at the Bronx Zoo, April 30, 1979.
Special guests and functions, 1963-1968
Reel shot list: "UN visit, garden party 1963, more UN visit, garden part 1968, 150 millionth visitor 1968, falconry demonstration 1968, 150 millionth visitor 1968"--Original can label.
Walking catfish, 1969
Close-ups of a catfish out of water, walking on pebbles and sand.
Walruses, 1958 - 1959
"Alaska footage for "Background for a baby walrus" 1959. Kodachrome original cuts"--Original box label. Footage of walrus hunt by Indigenous people, including footage of people skinning walrus, removing meat, and head. Includes footage a walrus being crated and put onto an Alaskan Airlines plane. Much of reel is documents Indigenous families without walruses in the frame. Aerial landscapes of Alaska and multiple shots of the planes transporting the walruses.
Whales, reel 01, 1971
Unedited footage of a group of penguins on a beach taken by Roger Payne.