Baby Gorilla Weighs-In

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2472
Date Released
17 Oct 1976
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Variety Club Honour Danny La Rue
  2. 2Hares Invade Airport
  3. 3Baby Gorilla Weighs-In
  4. 4Forestry Machinery Demonstration
  5. 5Tower of London Skeleton
  6. 6High Speed Train

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Baby Gorilla Weigh-In. DESCRIPTION: Three months ago London Zoo were delighted with the arrival of a baby gorilla, ‘Salome’. But ‘Lomie’ her mother would not look after her offspring and Salome has been hand reared. SHOTLIST: MS Ron Smith putting baby gorilla onto scales to be weighed. CU gorilla’s face. MCU scales showing weight. Tilt up to see gorilla. CU gorilla. MS pan anaesthetic trolley. X-ray of gorilla. CU X-ray of gorilla. MCU gorilla being held with X-ray in background, pan to gorilla. CU gorilla. MS cameraman. MCU gorilla being fed. MS ditto. MCU ditto. CU girl with mask on. CU baby gorilla.
Keywords
Mass media; Health and medicine; Animals
Locations
London Zoo
Card file number
76/186
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
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