Bear Gets a Basinful

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1815

Date Released

16 Mar 1964

Date submitted

12 Mar 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ancient and Modern
2. 2Bear Gets a Basinful
3. 3Jet-Proof Hotel
4. 4Supreme Among Stallions
5. 5New Events - in Colour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bear Gets a Basinful. DESCRIPTION: Our camera, went to Whipsnade Zoo, to see the two polar bear cubs born to Maya and Nanook. Maya had only just brought them out of the den where they were born last December. SHOTLIST: Title scene. CU sign Whipsnade Zoo. TS mother bear Maya with cubs Tiyak and Tineak (both cubs are female) in basin. Mother bear walks out and helps one of the cubs to climb out of basin. TS the other cub struggling up side of basin. TS same and mother bear and other cub on side of basin. TS mother bear pulls cub away from basin’s side. CU cub struggling up side of basin (2 shots). ES mother bear helps cub out of basin.

Keywords

Children; Animals

Locations

Bedfordshire; Whipsnade Zoo

Card file number

88057

Credits:

Camera

John Abbott

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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