| Los Angeles Zoo | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1754 |
| Catalog #: | 425558 | |
| Clip Number: | 425558-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-095-03 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Los Angeles, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Infant (baby) / Toddler AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: School-age child ANIMALS/BIRDS: Misc ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Unusual ANIMALS/GENERAL: Zoo, Petting Zoo ANIMALS/GENERAL: Zoos/Animal Parks/Aquariums ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Cheetahs ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Primate LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, Los Angeles | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO America's newest city zoo opens in Los Angeles. It covers 110 acres and costs ten million dollars. Some 575 species of animals and birds are included in its population of three thousand. In the children's zoo, youngsters pet and feed the animals. Aerial shot of people entering the newly constructed zoo. High Angle Shot, Camera panning people walking through newly constructed paths lined with trees and steps. CU - Children looking at a tropical bird MS- Children looking at vulture type birds and the birds are looking back at the children. High Angle Shot - Children petting a bird in a pen. MS - Parents and their children leaning over a short wall looking and patting at a good size land tortoise. CU - A little boy giving a goat a cookie. MS - Goats gather around little children begging for kernels of corn. Aerial shot - Building with twin peaks housing some exhibits. CU - A little boy being held by his mom, getting a drink from a fiberglass lion water fountain. MS - People standing around a bear exhibit, brown bears begging for food, people throwing nuts or marshmallows at the bears. MS - Monkeys hanging on the wire dividers looking at the people. CU - A young leopard looking back at the cameraman, he lays down and rolls on his side, you almost feel like scratching his stomach. CUS - A baby girl being wheeled in a stroller, sucking on a bottle, sleeping. MS - Families walking with their children. | |
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