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Unit 7

 Container

Contains 66 Results:

New York Zoological Society titles, circa 1940-1970

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103565F
Scope and Contents

"Titles- NYZS presents, the end, A-wind"--Note in original can.

Dates: circa 1940-1970

Northern waters, fishing and seining, circa 1950-1975

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

Unedited footage of fishing boats with seine nets in the water, some shots of people on the deck of the boat.

Dates: circa 1950-1975

Parakeet hernia surgery, 1958

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

Close-up footage of a hernia surgery being performed on a parakeet.

Dates: 1958

Pelican roundup, 1970

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

Footage of Bronx Zoo staff in a canoe rounding up pelicans for annual return to winter quarters.

Dates: 1970

Skyfari rescue operation, 1979

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

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.

Dates: 1979

Special guests and functions, 1963-1968

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

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.

Dates: 1963-1968

Walking catfish, 1969

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

Close-ups of a catfish out of water, walking on pebbles and sand.

Dates: 1969

Walruses, 1958 - 1959

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104699
Scope and Contents

"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.

Dates: 1958 - 1959

Whales, reel 01, 1971

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104740
Scope and Contents

Unedited footage of a group of penguins on a beach taken by Roger Payne.

Dates: 1971

Whales, reel 05, 1971

 Item — Container: Unit 7, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103665
Scope and Contents

Unedited whale footage taken by Roger Payne. "Elephant seal on beach, seals on rocks, life in camp (short), aerial of whales and camp"--Note in original can.

Dates: 1971