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Tortoise Race at Baltimore

Date released

5 Aug 1937

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

37/62

NoS ID

095001

Story no

8 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

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Two Heads Are Better

Date released

22 Oct 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

134

NoS ID

138249

Story no

4 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Discovered tortoise proves that the old saw is not quite correct.

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Hunting the Giant Tortoise

Date released

23 Feb 1920

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

99

NoS ID

346999

Story no

2 / 4

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Combs for Eve

Date released

28 Feb 1924

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

143

NoS ID

331011

Story no

2 / 5

Pathe marketing synopsis: At first glance it is difficult to credit the rough tortoise with such a fine shell for "combing out". The first operation is selecting the best pieces and marking and cutting out...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: By Hare and Tortoise to Paris

Date released

4 Oct 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1009

NoS ID

015355

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Operation Hare & Tortoise. DESCRIPTION: A relay flight of two helicopters and a Meteor jet, delivered a letter from the Lord Mayor of London to his Paris counterpart in 47 minutes....

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Examination and Handling of Reptiles (1989 Video)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £38.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows how to handle and examine tortoises, terrapins, snakes and lizards. Demonstrates methods of picking up and holding and shows how to pass a stomach tube in a tortoise and a snake. A number of clinical...

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Robert Rauschenberg: The Other Roci (1991)

Director

Nigel Finch

Subject

Art

Distribution

Out of distribution

In the company of his tortoise, Roci, the pop artist Robert Rauschenberg takes his ROCI show (the Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Exchange) to countries such as Tibet, Cuba and Russia. Meetings with local...

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Zoo News: Description by Ivan Scott

Date released

22 Aug 1935

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

324A

NoS ID

005793

Story no

8 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Children and Animals Celebrate Opening of Pets’ Corner. DESCRIPTION: Children and animals celebrate opening of Pets’ Corner at London Zoo. SHOTLIST: Shots of the children with the...

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Desert Ecology (1986 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Filmed in 1984 at the Chihuahuan Desert field station at Mapimi in Northern Mexico in collaboration with members of the Institute of Ecology (Mexico). Shows the main features of the desert environment and...

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Children’s Zoo

Date released

27 Oct 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

618

NoS ID

121815

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: But the fun can be quite serious at Colwyn Bay’s Welsh Mountain zoo where manager Bob Jackson collects birds of prey. But the real attraction is for children - it’s a real children’s...

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