| CENSUS TIME AT THE ZOO Light hearted item: the zoo keepers take their own census of the animals. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5551 |
| Catalog #: | 60280 | |
| Clip Number: | 60280-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/7 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:00 - 01:02:18 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Cockatiel ANIMALS/BIRDS: Misc ANIMALS/GENERAL: Zoos/Animal Parks/Aquariums ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Bears ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Bears, Polar ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Camels ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Lions ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Primate, Monkey LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Animal Care | |
| Description: | "Census time at the Zoo". London Zoo, Regent's Park. The keepers of Regents Park Zoo take their own census of the animals. C/U of a zoo keeper writing on a clipboard. Various shots of Polar and Brown Bears in their enclosures. M/S of keeper outside lions' cage. C/U through the bars, of a lion eating meat. L/S of a large aviary. M/S of keeper outside the camels cage, cut to C/U of a camel's face. Various shots of monkeys taken through the wire of the cage. The keeper is looking at the monkeys, the whole sequence is at double speed. C/U Comic sequence, natural sound where the keeper is searching for fleas with magnifying glass. He calls out names of fleas and ticks them off his list. M/S of the keeper going up to the cameraman in search of a lost flea named Oscar. Staged comic sequence. Various C/Us of a parrot on a keeper's shoulder, the parrot is talking. Another keeper asks the bird census questions and pretends to write down parrot's answers. | |
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