Tiger on the Bottle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1768
Date Released
22 Apr 1963
Date submitted
18 Apr 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trains Without Tears
  2. 2South Coast Calling
  3. 3Tiger on the Bottle
  4. 4Prodigy with a Paintbrush
  5. 5We Fear Nothing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tiger on the Bottle. DESCRIPTION: London Zoo’s hospital staff have an important job of caring for ‘Suki’, a three-week-old tiger cub who was prematurely born, and has been deserted by her mother. She has to be fed every five hours. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Man walks over to cage and lifts lid. Man lifts tiger cub out of cage. GV press photographers. Cub drinking from bottle (3 shots). MS pan man with cub to press. CU man wipes cub’s mouth. This tiger cub, called Suki is now three weeks old. Deserted by her mother, she has to be bottle fed in the zoo’s hospital.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
London; London Zoo; Regent’s Park
Card file number
86428
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
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