Apes with Appetites

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1670
Date Released
5 Jun 1961
Date submitted
29 May 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Apes With Appetites. DESCRIPTION: From an Australian Zoo comes this demonstration of perfect table manners, not to mention a world-beating appetite for ice-cream! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS ape drinking from cup. CU same. MS ape eating ice cream. CU same. CU same. MCU ape passes apple to another. MS apes eating ice cream. CU ape eating ice cream with knife and fork. MS two apes standing on table clapping. MS ape smoking cigarette. MCU same.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Animals
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
82586
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Apes with Appetites', British Movietone News Issue No. 1670, 5 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24135 (Accessed 29 May 2025)