Animal News

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1494A

Date Released

23 Jan 1958

Date submitted

17 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England V Wales
2. 2Standard for Bodyguard
3. 3Sailing Champions
4. 4Fast Train to Airport
5. 5Animal News
6. 6Animal News
7. 7A Drop in the Desert
8. 8Snow
9. 9Snow

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hippo Christening. DESCRIPTION: BABY CHRISTENED. Another youngster - only two-months old and the rarest baby at the Leipzig Zoo. His mother is Olga, and she kept a close watch on her baby as the zoo manager performed the naming and launching ceremony. But, strangely, for a hippo, he doesn’t take to the water. SHOTLIST: Various shots of hippo and 2 month old baby hippo in zoo. Shots of the zoo manager, christening baby hippo with water. CU mother & baby.

Keywords

Children; Ceremonies; Animals

Locations

Leipzig; East Germany

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

72603

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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