Longleat Lions

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

601

Date Released

30 Jun 1966

Date recorded

20 May 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

685

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Jericho
2. 2Longleat Lions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: From a gamewarden’s lorry the Marquess of Bath surveys his latest Longleat pride - a pride of lions which, with the help of the Chipperfield family, he leaves to roam in a hundred-acre big game reserve in the heart of Wiltshire. Forty-six hungry lions are quite a sight at feeding time - and they get a meals-on-wheels service from the back of a truck. It’s also quite an eyefull seeing Richard Chipperfield casually romping with a big cat, or sister Mary pampering seven-week old Major, bottle-fed, but not shy when it comes to telling an alsatian just who deserves the lion’s share.

Keywords

Animals

Locations

Wiltshire; England; Longleat

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

380

Story extras:

Film clip

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