Results: Stories
16 results found for '"Chessington Zoo"' in Location.
Zoo Moments
- Date released
- 21 Apr 1932
- Series name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
- Issue no
- 568
- NoS ID
- 332966
- Story no
- 3 / 5
NoS Summary - various animals at Chessington Zoo. British Pathe synopsis: Filmed at the Surrey Zoo, Chessington, Leatherhead. "Two-legged, four-legged, animals or birds, they all have the same fascination...
Circus Blessing
- Date released
- 16 May 1955
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 020
- NoS ID
- 120027
- Story no
- 1 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - Shows the annual blessing of the circus performers and animals at Chessington Zoo.
Zoo Doctor
- Date released
- 23 May 1955
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 021
- NoS ID
- 120030
- Story no
- 1 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - Halibut oil is given to zoo animals as preventative medicine.
Zoo Girl
- Date released
- 25 Jun 1956
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 078
- NoS ID
- 120225
- Story no
- 3 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - Wendy Snazle, the young daughter of the general manager of Chessington Zoo, plays with and feeds some of the animals.
Zoo Model
- Date released
- 23 Jul 1956
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 082
- NoS ID
- 120239
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: Over now to Chessington Zoo for a day in the life of a lovely girl with a very unusual job - 19-years-old model Anne Bowry. She’s the girl who goes into the lions’ den, or the vultures’...
Circus in Training
- Date released
- 3 Jun 1957
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 127
- NoS ID
- 120393
- Story no
- 1 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: "A family entertainment provided by an entertaining family" could well be the slogan of the circus at Chessington in Surrey where Bill Thompson is the ringmaster and trainer, his daughter...
Baby Seal
- Date released
- 26 Aug 1957
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 139
- NoS ID
- 120437
- Story no
- 3 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: It is a big event at Chessington Zoo - the registration of a new baby. Centre of all the fuss is Elizabeth the baby seal, whose weight and vital statistics are wanted for the records.
Baby Seal
- Date released
- 5 May 1958
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 175
- NoS ID
- 120549
- Story no
- 3 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: At Chessington Zoo we meet a very crafty seal. In order to be with his wife and family in a neighbouring pool, he wiggles his way over two high wire fences before achieving his object. A...
Life of a Zoo Keeper
- Date released
- 15 Sep 1958
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 194
- NoS ID
- 120613
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: To maintain a friendly relationship with lions and tigers is not the easiest thing in the world, but to Ernest Engler, Head Keeper at Chessington Zoo, it’s all part of the day’s work....
Zoo Artists
- Date released
- 8 Jun 1959
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 232
- NoS ID
- 120735
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: A novel way for art students to supplement their earnings seems to be to scrub elephants and clean out the lions’ den, which is exactly what an enthusiastic group is doing at Chessington...