Zoo News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1971
Date Released
13 Mar 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Zoo News. DESCRIPTION: Spring is busting out all over - judging from the rush of baby animals! A Polar bear cub at Bristol; Dingo puppies and lion cubs at London Zoo where Alice the Walrus is thriving on shellfish and whipped cream. She’s one of the rarest zoo exhibits ever seen in Britain. SHOTLIST: MS notice against crate ‘This is bimbo - just arrived’. MS Bimbo comes out of crate inside his cage at Chessington Zoo. MS bimbo in cage. BS people watching. MS Bimbo climbs side of cage. MCU Airline Hostess watches. CU Bimbo climbing side of cage. CU zoo keeper holding Paul and Pampas - London Zoo’s twin lion cubs. MS pressmen. CU keeper holding cubs. CU six dingo pups in basket at zoo. MCU keeper holding pups. CU ditto. MS keeper gives ‘Alice’ the walrus a bowl to drink from. MS crowd looking. MS keeper stroking ‘Alice’. MS pressmen. MS Alice falls off rock into water tank. MS Alice in water. MS polar bear ‘Nina’ with baby walking in zoo enclosure. MS ‘Nina’ standing on rock. MCU baby polar bear walking on rock. MCU Nina sitting on rock. MCU baby bear slips down rock and falls into the water.
Keywords
Mass media; Animals
Locations
London; Bristol; England; Chessington
Card file number
92122
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
195
Story extras:

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