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Broadcasting the Zoo

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
695-2
Date Released
22 Dec 1924
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Dogs to Tackle ‘Cat’ Burglars
  2. 2Mrs Willibrandt
  3. 3Broadcasting the Zoo
  4. 4Steadying Up Egypt
  5. 5Coursing at Newmarket

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Wireless Waves carry to countless delighted Children, Growls, Yowls and Howls." Three children with radio headsets. Two men in open air with radio equipment. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "The Seal of Approval". Two sealions on rocks. Boy with headphones. Radio engineers and equipment at Regent’s Park zoo. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "But the laughing Jackass wouldn’t laugh". Two children with headsets. Two men by radio equipment. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Making a noise like a bun!". Elephant with two keepers (one Indian). Two children with headsets again.
Keywords
Communications; Animals
Length of story (in feet)
80

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British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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