Zoo Babies Greet Spring

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1352

Date Released

2 May 1955

Date submitted

28 Apr 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Archbishop’s Tour
2. 2News in Brief: German Trade Fair
3. 3News in Brief: A Dock Goes to Sea
4. 4News in Brief: Knights of Malta
5. 5News in Brief: Turning the Tables
6. 6Moroccan Scene
7. 7The Duke in Wales
8. 8Zoo Babies Greet Spring
9. *Devons March Through Exeter
10. *Scottish Cup Final Replay

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Births at Zoo. DESCRIPTION: Spring-time in the Paris Zoo sees the first outings of the latest arrivals. SHOTLIST: CU of two elephants. Various shots of elephants. CU of elephant’s head. Crowd shot. GV of two black swans and cygnets. CU of the cygnets. CU of zebras. CU of zebra’s head. GV of foal jumping. Crowd. CU of dromedaries (camel) walking. CU of young. CU of polar bear and cub. CU of cub. Crowd shot onlookers. Bear at bottle walking on hind legs. CU of mother bear. CU of the cub at bottle.

Keywords

Animals

Locations

France; Paris

Card file number

63415

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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