News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Elephant News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
496A
Date Released
8 Dec 1938
Date submitted
5 Dec 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
11 / 13
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Baby Elephants at Berlin Zoo. DESCRIPTION: Baby elephant at Berlin Zoo. SHOTLIST: Elephants play musical instruments to herald the birth to Jenny of a small daughter, Indra. The baby elephant is small enough to walk between her parent’s legs although she weighed 200 pounds at birth.
Keywords
Music and dance; Children; Animals
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
34996
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Elephant News', British Movietone News Issue No. 496A, 8 Dec 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9485 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)