Unit 7

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

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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.

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...

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents "Tanganyika National State Park and New York Zoological Society presents Safari to a National Park. Photographed and edited by William H. Eddy. Swahili Narration by James Lewton-Brain. Narrated by Onesmo Moiyoi. Special thanks is due to the warden of Lake Manyara National Park, A.M. Morgan Davies, and to the Assistant Warden of Serengeti National Park Alois Mlay. Without their cooperation, this film could not be made"--Film credits. Profile of Lake Manyara National Park and its wildlife, as...

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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.

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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.

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The WCS Archives holds no additional information about this film at this time.

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Unedited footage of lizards in foliage.