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Preview of the Primates

Date released

9 Nov 1963

Series name

Spotlight

Issue no

194

NoS ID

351832

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: A tobacco farmer studies the habits of primates.

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Survey of the Primates (1970 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Intended as a complete introduction to the field of primatology. Defines the characteristics of the primates, from the transitional form of tree shrews to the great apes, geographically places different...

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Thirty baboons die at Windsor Safari Park (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the curator of Windsor Safari Park, Paul O’Donoghue, about a rare form of botulism which has decimated the zoo’s flange of baboons, after thirty of the eighty-seven animals died. Male...

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New to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

Date

28 Feb 2013, 16:03

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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Poor Relations (1996 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1998 hire: Free (+p&p)

Looks at the international trade in primates for research, highlighting the responsibility of airlines in carrying these animals. Undercover footage shows the poor conditions in European laboratories for...

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Protohominid Behaviour in Primates (1953 Video)

Producer

M Kooij; A Kortlandt

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows chimpanzees in captivity drawing lines and throwing objects; apes reacting to a tiger; chimps reacting to a leopard; chimp with a rat; hostile throwing by baboon. Filmed 1953-1965.

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Primate/Human Interaction (1997 Video)

Director

Anne Zeller

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., 1999 sale: US$120.00 (+p&p) PAL version

Part of a series intended to give a comparative view of a number of different primate species living under various conditions in captivity and in the wild. Looks at the roles primates can play in the lives...

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Contact Comfort (Monkeys and Surrogate Mothers) (1959 Video)

aka: Nature and Development of Affection

Director

Harry F Harlow

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale (video - Insight), Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 19 min., 1999 sale: US$219.00 (video)

Shows H F Harlow’s experiments on the development of affection in primates. Rhesus monkeys, separated from their mothers at birth and raised nursing or non-nursing on cloth or wire surrogate mothers, were...

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Cousins (2000 Video)

Producer

Daniel Rees

Subject

Biology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 150 min.

Dr Charlotte Uhlenbroek investigates primates world-wide. In 3 parts: 1) Lemurs: looks at prosimians, the earliest primates, including lemurs and bushbabies; 2) The Monkeys: shows marmosets, gelada baboons...

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Death of Guy the Gorilla (1978)

Genre

News report; Obituary

Report on the death of Guy the Gorilla at London Zoo. Guy, aged 32, passed away after having an operation on his teeth. During his life more than 16 million people visited the gorilla, including the British...

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