News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1479

Date Released

7 Oct 1957

Date submitted

1 Oct 1957

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. A King Laid to Rest
• 2. Crisis in San Marino
• 3. Zoo News
• 4. Nigerian Train Crash
• 5. The Indian Scene
• 6. The Britannia Shield
• 7. UN Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bear Cubs. DESCRIPTION: The Munich Zoo hasn’t had a polar bear for thirty years, so four ten month old cubs were big local news. SHOTLIST: GV 4 ten month old white polar bear cubs. GV bears feeding and crowds watching. Zoo keeper gives cub fish. Keeper plays with bear, children watching. Bear dives head-first into water and comes up with fish.

Keywords

Children; Animals

Locations

Munich; West Germany

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

71799

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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