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Unit 8

 Container

Contains 29 Results:

Walruses, 1963

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 102962
Scope and Contents

"Walrus. 1963. Gambell, Alaska. Carlton Ray"--Note in original can. " In order to obtain Pacific walruses, Dr. Ray made a trip to Gambell, Alaska, from May 6 to May 30. Through the cooperation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service four nursing youngsters were collected. Mr. Averill Thayer of the Service, stationed at Kenai; Dr. Francis Fay of the Arctic Research Center at Anchorage; and Mr. Winifred James, Eskimo hunter, made this difficult operation possible"--1963 NYZS Annual Report.

Dates: 1963

World of Darkness, 1970

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103762
Scope and Contents

"Only owls at end for Wild/USA. 157 Cages, 3 color owl, cats, and snow owl"--Original can label.

Dates: 1970

[Unidentified footage possibly from Conservation Foundation film], circa 1948-1964

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: F
Identifier: 103537B
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1948-1964

The Living Earth series, part 4: Seeds of Destruction (Credits), 1951

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 103724I
Scope and Contents

FIlm's credits only. "Shows how federal, state, and private conservation agencies cooperate in preventing the depletion of antural resources and in preserving the land. Includes animated drawings. For high school students and adult groups"--1948 Catalog of Copyright Entries.

Dates: 1951

The Living Forest series, part 1: The Forest Grows (Credits), 1949

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 103724H
Scope and Contents

Film's credits only. "Presents the story of how our forests grow, describing the various elements that contribute to the mature forest. Explains forest zones in relation to temperature and rainfall and defines the phrase 'the climax forest' in terms of the speices that predominate when the forest is mature. For junior and senior high school and adult groups"--1949 Catalog of Copyright Entries.

Dates: 1949

The Living Forest series, part 2: The Forest Produces (Credits), 1949

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 103724E
Scope and Contents

Film's credits only. Title 2 in The Living Forest series, produced by the Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica Films.

Dates: 1949

[Zoo animals, possibly St. Louis Zoo], circa 1952-1954

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents

The footage is exclusively of animals on exhibit a zoo, likely the St Louis Zoo.

Dates: circa 1952-1954

Great Days at the Zoo (Outtakes), 1951

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: C
Identifier: 103736A
Scope and Contents "1. Exterior of Great Apes House 2. Moving the apes 3. Crowds watching 4. local Indigenous Africans with Tom Toms 5. Mr. Osborn, Andy (Orang Utan) breaking tape 7. Exterior of Great Apes house 8. Oka (female Gorilla) with keeper 9. Makoko outdoors (male gorilla) 10. Andy (Orang Utan) playing in bag 11. Title 12. Short shots-Tractor train , Great Apes House, Children's Zoo, Mt. Tapir, Cock of the rock, penguins 13. Mrs. Cordier and Monkey 14. Mrs. Martini and Sumaili in Nursery 15. End...
Dates: 1951

Great Days at the Zoo (Outtakes), 1950

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: B
Identifier: 103721A
Scope and Contents

"I. Kodachrome workprint cuts of 'Great Days at the Zoo'. 1. Sumaili (Baby Mt. Gorilla and Helen Martini in nursery 1. Eastern umbrella bird 2. Long wattled umbrella bird 3. Red and black bird 4. Sword bill hummer 5. Sickle bill hummer 6. Comte de Paris hummer 7. Chimborazo hill star 8. Violet eared hummer 9. Thornbill hummer 10. Boucard's train bearer 11. Equatorial cock of the rock. Small reel; Great apes house interior, black and white original cuts"--Original can label.

Dates: 1950

Safari in the Bronx (Outtakes), 1940

 Item — Container: Unit 8, Shelf: F
Identifier: 103740A
Scope and Contents

"I. Safari in the Bronx. Original kodachrome cuts. 1. End Title 2. Skunk and garbage 3. Scops Owl 4. Nursery supplies 5. Mrs. Martini and Tiger (Rajpur?) 6. picture of cubs lion and tiger together 8. cubs come out of box 9. baby black leopard 10. ring-tailed lemur 11. skunk 12. marmosets 13. ocelots 14. Oka, female lowland gorilla and keeper 15. Oka and Makoko (male lowland gorilla) 16. Polar bears 17. beginning title"--Original can label.

Dates: 1940