| Hippopotamus Dental Care | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1611 |
| Catalog #: | 353753 | |
| Clip Number: | 353753-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 028-729-08 | |
| Timecode: | 00:33:34 - 00:34:20 | |
| Location: | Spain | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Feeding ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Grooming ANIMALS/GENERAL: Zoos/Animal Parks/Aquariums ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Hippopotamus ( hippo ) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Spain OCCUPATIONS: Animal Care | |
| Description: | Madrid zoo-goers get their kicks watching the giant hippo, and its keepers at feeding time. Starts with a bath, then a meal of few hundred pounds of potatoes, and some dare-devil dentistry as a keeper polishes the huge tusks. Hippos gets teeth brushed. Establishing shot - Two zoo keepers washing and scrubbing down a hippopotamus. CUS - If one can tell this hippo looks very content. MCUS - Zoo keeper feeding it buckets of potatoes. CUS - Two little boys are watching the hippo expo with complete amazement on their faces. CUS - Now the zoo keepers are brushing the hippo's teeth. MCUS - A crowd of people watching the hippo in amazement. CUS - Zoo crowd. CUS - The zoo keeper has a potato or piece of fruit in his hand and the hippo opens his mouth very wide. Closing shot. | |
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