Learning on ScreenSurvival Of The Species
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: In the last two hundred years 125 species of animals and birds have disappeared from the face of the earth and many more are at risk. Maggie Palmer visits Whipsnade Open Zoo, near London where scientists at the Royal Zoological Society are saving hundreds of animals from extinction by successful breeding of rare species, from the fabulous African White Rhino to the delicate Pere David Deer from the forests of China.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes a brief interview with Mr David Jones, Senior Veterinary Officer for the Royal Zoological Society. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Organisations; Buildings and structures; Animal husbandry; Animals
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/915
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Alan Bendig
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Presenter
- Lilliana Velasco
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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