Animal News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1494A
Date Released
23 Jan 1958
Date submitted
17 Jan 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hippo Christening. DESCRIPTION: BABY CHRISTENED. Another youngster - only two-months old and the rarest baby at the Leipzig Zoo. His mother is Olga, and she kept a close watch on her baby as the zoo manager performed the naming and launching ceremony. But, strangely, for a hippo, he doesn’t take to the water. SHOTLIST: Various shots of hippo and 2 month old baby hippo in zoo. Shots of the zoo manager, christening baby hippo with water. CU mother & baby.
Keywords
Children; Ceremonies; Animals
Locations
Leipzig; East Germany
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
72603
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
39
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Animal News', British Movietone News Issue No. 1494A, 23 Jan 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22166 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)