Baby Seal

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

139

Date Released

26 Aug 1957

Date recorded

19 Jul 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Barnham Chronicle
2. 2Dick Turpin
3. 3Baby Seal
4. 4Silkworms

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: It is a big event at Chessington Zoo - the registration of a new baby. Centre of all the fuss is Elizabeth the baby seal, whose weight and vital statistics are wanted for the records.

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Baby Seal Registered".

Keywords

Animals

Locations

England; Surrey; Chessington; Chessington Zoo

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

112

Story extras:

Film clip

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