The Animal World

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1600A

Date Released

4 Feb 1960

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Animal World. DESCRIPTION: Noel is a new arrival at the London Zoo, only the second South American Dourocolis (or Owl-faced monkey) to be born here. And this is Ambrosia, kicking up her heels in a Surrey garden. She insists on living in the house with the family, Colonel Britten and his wife, who brought her back from Cyprus. The donkey’s particularly fond of eating cigarettes, with a preference for filter-tips! SHOTLIST: MS Busy Baby on mother’s back. SCU same. MS same. SCU bush baby on mother’s back. MS same. CU same. Pan donkey prancing. Pan same. MS donkey entering house. MS donkey in house. MS donkey in living room. MS donkey taking food off table. MS donkey with owner. SCU owner feeding donkey. MS same. CU donkey drinking from cup.

Keywords

Curiosities; Animals; Military

Locations

England

Card file number

79206

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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