In Simian Society

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

842-1

Date Released

13 Oct 1927

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1In Simian Society
2. 2Gliding at 100 MPH!
3. 3Folkestone - Another Woman Beats the Channel!"
4. 4Norwich - Homage to His Comrades
5. 5A ‘Big Noise’
6. 6A Close Finish

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Afternoon tea is taken by the ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ of the Zoo with as much formality as in Mayfair." Keeper served three chimpanzees at a tea-table in a cage. Onlookers watch as chimpanzees eat their food. Close-up of them finishing. Keeper pours out drink. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "'Cheerio everybody’". They drink up.

Keywords

Animals

Length of story (in feet)

73

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Address

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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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