Joy Bells at the Zoo

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1076A

Date Released

19 Jan 1950

Date submitted

17 Jan 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Return of the ‘Girl Jean’
2. 2Russian UN Walk-Out
3. 3Plane Crash Tests
4. 4Hunting the Common Cold Germ
5. 5New Use for Billiards Table
6. 6Joy Bells at the Zoo
7. *Trailer: Scottish Electors List

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Joy Bells at the Zoo. DESCRIPTION: An exceptionally interesting event has recently occurred at the London Zoo; never before, anywhere in the world, it’s believed, has a baby polar bear been reared by its mother in captivity even to the age of a few weeks. SHOTLIST: KS. Male polar bear on terrace. GV entrance of London Zoo Regents Park. GV HQ Zoological Society of London. GV Mappin Terrace. CU mother polar bear in den & shots of polar bear cub. Head bear keeper (Bruce Smith) prepares meal. SCU mother bear. SCU Mischa the father on Mappin Terrace. Various shots of the polar bear cub and CUs of same. Baby polar bear is Brumas.

Keywords

Children; Animals

Locations

London

Card file number

53092

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

122

Story extras:

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