Ma and Pa Penguin at the Zoo
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- NoS Summary - Various shots of penguins in a zoo.
British Pathe synopsis: "Queerest and quaintest of almost any Zoo’s residents, Penguins are the unconscious comedians of old Mother Nature." A man in a suit stands in the penguin enclosure of a zoo. C/Us of some of the penguins. A crowd of schoolboys watch the penguins being fed. M/S of keeper holding a penguin and the man in the suit feeding it. C/U of three penguins. Various shots of penguins. A penguin stretches and shakes its feathers. "No parent likes to lose its "chick" - even for a minute - " Keeper puts his hand into a crevice in the rock and pulls out a mother penguin. The suited man picks up a penguin chick from the nest. He holds it up to the camera. C/U of his hands holding the chick. "Conscientious objectors are everywhere - " One of the men uses his foot to keep one penguin away as he puts his hat over the head of another penguin then takes one of its eggs. He holds the egg up to the camera, then puts it back under the mother. - Keywords
- Birds
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.239
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP239
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How to cite this record
'Ma and Pa Penguin at the Zoo', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 574, 2 Jun 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332994 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)