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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

430A

Date Released

2 Sep 1937

Date submitted

31 Aug 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Big Fight
• 2. Reports: The Navy at Alexandria
• 3. Reports: Battersea Bridge hits the news
• 4. Reports: Red Indian "Queen"
• 5. Reports: Platinum Wedding celebrated in Normandy
• 6. Reports: Cowgirls go off the deep end
• 7. Zoo News
• 8. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis - Britain loses Wightman Cup again
• 9. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Swimming - Endurance swim in California
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Motor cycling - Grass track racing at West Wickham
• 11. Express

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Captive Okapi Doesn’t Know What It Is and Doesn’t Much Care. DESCRIPTION: Captive Okapi doesn’t know what it is and doesn’t much care says Maurice Braddell. SHOTLIST: Shots of the queer animal. Being fed by the keeper. CUs. The animal is striped in the legs and on the seat.

Keywords

Curiosities; Animals

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

5646

Credits:

Commentator

Maurice Braddell

Length of story (in feet)

52

Story extras:

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