Gorillas for the Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2069A
Date Released
30 Jan 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gorillas for the Record. DESCRIPTION: At Chester Zoo, they’re expecting a happy event, the birth of a mountain Gorilla, only the second to be born in captivity. At Bristol, CID Fingerprint experts help to take the dabs of Gorillas in the local zoo as part of an international census. SHOTLIST: MS pregnant gorilla at Chester Zoo. 2 shots bananas being prepared with iron and vitamin pills for gorilla. MS ditto. CU pills prepared for gorilla. MLS pregnant gorilla. MS pan father gorilla watching through hole in wall. MLS pregnant gorilla. MS entrance to Bristol Zoo. LAS gorilla in cage. MCU keeper Mike Sherbourne trying to obtain gorilla’s fingerprint. CU gorilla. MCU gorilla rolls onto it’s back. MCU sign Fingerprint Department, pan to sign Inspector Fingerprints. MCU policeman looking at gorilla prints. MS ditto. MCU finger prints. MS gorilla having prints taken. CU fingerprints. MS gorilla eats paper. Slip pan LAS gorilla in cage, pan to keeper being roughed by gorilla. MS gorillas rough-up keeper. LAS gorilla. MS keeper leaves cage!
Keywords
Health and medicine; Curiosities; Police; Animals
Locations
Bristol; Chester; United Kingdom
Card file number
94365
Credits:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Gorillas for the Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 2069A, 30 Jan 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27725 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)