Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Zoo’s Recruits Arrive

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
907
Date Released
21 Oct 1946
Date submitted
18 Oct 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Zoo Recruits Arrive. DESCRIPTION: Many pairs of animals have arrived to re-stock London Zoo. SHOTLIST: KS CU bows of ship Urlana. GV of ship. CU lion in cage. Lioness walks up and down cage. MS baby rhinoceros. MS anteater poking its nose round corner of case. MS giraffe, another eats out of the hand of a policeman. Giraffe in crate being swung ashore, another already on dockside looks up at crate being lowered. SCU two giraffe necking. MS couple of chimpanzees in cage. MS cheetah in cage clawing at docker’s cap.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
London Docks
Card file number
47639
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Zoo’s Recruits Arrive', British Movietone News Issue No. 907, 21 Oct 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14107 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)