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A compilation reel with close-up footage of various crab species, apparently in tanks: "Alaskan king, horseshoe, fiddler, arrow, and unidentified crabs.
William Beebe testing the Bathysphere in Bermuda: Window leaking. Opening door. Explosion of Bathysphere. Bailing out of water. Removing imperfect window
This reel contains three different Department of Tropical Research expeditions: 1) The Bathysphere, Bermuda: Bathysphere descent. Pulling in twisted hose and uncoiling. Hurricane on Nonsuch Island. Loading Bathysphere from the deck of Taifun, onto the barge with Beebe and Barton on top. 2) Arcturus expedition in the Galapagos: Volcanic eruptions on Albemarle Island. Flowing of lava into ocean. Steam clouds rising and clouds formed from it overhead. Dr. Beebe and another man walking on the hot lava beds. Crew watching volcano eruptions from the deck of the Arcturus. 3) The Bathysphere, Bermuda: William Beebe telephoning at light window. Fastening hose to cable. Otis Barton and William Beebe going in for deep dive. William Beebe and Otis Barton posing.
Footage of birds and cattle, followed by footage of birds and reptiles, taken from a rowboat on a river, with shots of William Beebe in the rowboat.
William Beebe working with butterflies. Macro photographic field studies of insects caterpillars and the egg, larva, pupa life cycle of the butterfly.
An edited reel capturing the arduous task of local Trinidadians and DTR staff moving supplies and setting up equipment for the 57th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research to Simla, Trinidad. Exterior shots of station and surrounding area. Shots of William Beebe using binoculars. Shots of a man, possibly David Snow, operating a motion picture camera.
DTR staff members at work at their headquarters and out in the field. William Beebe looking through binoculars, a young boy with a donkey, William Beebe collecting subterranean mammals, George Alan Swanson painting a lizard as he holds it in his hands, an ant colony, various insects.
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Uca marionis crabs in Australia and the Philippines taken on the fifty-fourth, and fifty-sixth expedition of the Department of Tropical Research to the South Pacific.
Jocelyn Crane's field studies of Uca marionis crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar; close-up studies of the social behavior of crabs. The name Uca marionis is no longer recognized; these are likely Gelasimus excisus.
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Uca marionis crabs in an unidentified location.
Footage shot during the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, which was led by Gloria Hollister. Hoatzin chicks in a nest and hopping on tree branches. A close up of a pair of hands, extending the unique wing claws at the end of a fledgling hoatzin's wings. Adult hoatzins perching in trees. Landscape footage shot from a boat on the river. Local men rowing boats on the river.
Compilation of footage from the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. Aerial shots of the Kaieteur Falls and various river landscapes shot from a boat.
Compilation of footage from the twenty-third expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, led by Gloria Hollister. Kaieteur Falls, British Guiana
Macro photography studies of "grasshopper (not eating), green beetle, gold, blue and white caterpillar, sphinx caterpillars on tree, pupa, Hel, chy. against dark sun and bee on stick
Henry Fleming capturing moths. Studies of various insects, including moths and butterflies, capturing and eating prey. Footage of insects interspersed with footage Chiriqui the monkey harnessed to a stand while a human hands him insects to examine.
Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behavior and ecology of crabs in Pakistan and Tanzania.
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research's field studies in Bermuda. This reel includes shots of a building's exterior, antlions, land crabs, toads. William Beebe with a man possibly called Bob capturing fish at night. Close-up shots of squilla mantis, squid, Leptocephalus, and William Beebe collecting specimens while swimming in the bay, floating weeds, pipe fish, and the silhouette on a crab in the sunset. It is possible that Bronson Hartley and Mr. and Mrs. Greame Kelley are the unidentified DTR staff members in this reel.
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda.
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda. William Beebe and two unidentified people collecting specimens while swimming in the bay.
Unidentified researchers traveling to study oilbirds in caves near Simla station in Trinidad. Film begins with close-ups of researchers' faces. Includes footage of landscape; snakes; oilbird cave opening; oilbirds in cave, including chicks.
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Austruca lactea annulipes [Ring-legged fiddler crabs], a species of fiddler crabs that are found along the eastern coastline of Africa and the Indo-Pacific region.
Two short films from the 1925 DTR expedition to the Galapagos. The first film is an edited film with title cards. The Arcturus, expeditionary ship of the New York Zoological Society, sails investigates the life of the sea. Shows Arcturus leaving port, DTR staff working on board, doing depth soundings, deep-sea dredging and inspecting and sorting specimens. The second film: Galapagos lecture reel number II. Indefatigable [island volcano] model. Panorama South Seymour. Distant landing on shore.
Exterior of Rancho Grande field station, various animals, William Beebe and Henry Fleming climbing a tree to collect specimens. Shots of bottles of various acids. Sequence of marionette appearing to do something with bottle of acid. "Assorted flowers, birds, small animals, fulgurites (includes Mung, red howler monkey and arum sequences)"--Note in original can.
William Beebe walking with bush dog; footage of snakes, insects, squid, and fish; lizard eating insects, antlion, fish, and crabs in front of a sunset.
A compilation reel including shots of animal field studies, landscapes, and DTR staff members' work stations inside the new biological field station Rancho Grande.
A compilation reel with macro photography footage subjects including insects, amphibians, and reptiles on various flora; also footage highlighting the pupa and chrysalis stages of the development of a butterflies.
Close up of the eyes of amphibians, and lizards eating butterflies. Motion studies of reptiles in trees.
Frogs, coral snake, caterpillar (sphinx). Moths at light.
Footage of birds; heliconia plant; insects; Chiriqui the monkey harnessed to a stand and playing with a small net; William Beebe using an anemometer to measure air velocity. William Beebe with Chiriqui perched on his shoulder, Jocelyn Crane and Henry Fleming out in the field with a bird net; Chiriqui examining insects from William Beebe's hand; butterflies participating in a color preference study with color swatches; paintings of a flowering heliconia plant.
An edited film study of various crab species, shot by Jocelyn Crane as part of her field research the social behavior of crabs.
Various footage from unidentified locations, some possibly in Venezuela. Footage includes William Beebe and a young man on a small sailboat, exterior shot of a building and grounds. Microphotographic shots birds, incests, crabs on the the beach . A large land crabs climbing a tree, antlions, unidentified insects, Squilla mantis, unidentified fish.
Footage of various animals, including armadillo, lizard, sloth. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting specimens in the mud. Various scenery, insects, and birds. William Beebe feeding and petting an anteater; unidentified local man, who likely worked with the DTR, cuddling an ocelot cub.
Shot on DTR's forty-ninth expedition, this reel includes footage of William Beebe touring the grounds at the new Department of Tropical Research lab Simla in Trinidad, and of Jocelyn Crane working in the Flutter Inn.
Fledgling hoatzin walking on a tree limb. Gold boats. River. Canje Creek. Potaro Rapids. Department of Tropical Research staff standing with local and possibly Indigenous people in front of post office. Indigenous people walking and running on trail; William Beebe cutting bromeliads. Pouring out golden frogs. Tadpoles on hand. Kaieteur Falls. William Beebe capturing a thirty foot boa. William Beebe holding it for Isabel Cooper to paint. Close up of head painting.
Various landscapes and butterfly field studies.
Includes silent dupe negative of footage from British Guiana used in the Paramount newsreel Miss Christopher Columbus with no titles or credits. Shots include aerial footage over Kaieteur Falls. Also includes footage of Hollister in the water in Bermuda with her dog Trumps, and Hollister descending and then ascending off rowboat into water in diving helmet.
Reel shows footage of William Beebe diving in copper helmet and appears to be from two expeditions. From 0:00-2:57, the footage is from the Arcturus expedition to the Galapagos; the remaining footage, from 2:58-6:14 is believed to have been shot during the DTR's Haiti expedition and includes more underwater footage.
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting about the Department of Tropical Research's 54th expedition in Malaya, and narrated by Jocelyn Crane. Begins with preface showing William Beebe and Michael Tweedie, director of the Raffles Museum, followed by Beebe visiting the Johor Zoo. The Curious Crabs of Singapore documents Jocelyn Crane's studies on 32 species of Ocypodid crabs. Footage of Singapore waterfront, followed by footage and descriptions of various crabs, with focus on courtship beahviors, feeding, sheltering, and fighting. Footage of crabs is interspersed with shots of people in urban areas.
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. A combination travelogue and overview of Jocelyn Crane's worldwide field studies of the fiddler crab. Footage of local landscapes and indigenous people in Africa and the Indo-Pacific region. "A brief record of Jocelyn Crane's journey to Zanzibar and points south and west to study the biology of Uca."--Film credits. "[The] fifty-eighth expedition [of the Department of Tropical Research], this was a field trip to Africa, the fourth scheduled under Miss Crane's grant from the National Science Foundation for a worldwide study of ocypodid crabs. The African circuit extended from July 24 to October 12. Field work was conducted at Massawa in Eritrea; the Zanibar area, including Pemba and Dar-es-Salaam; Inhaca Island, off Lourenco Marques in Mozambique; Luanda in Angola; and Lagos, Nigeria"-1957 NYZS Annual report, p60.
Bathysphere Lecture, New. I. Nets out from stern, wire unwinding. Octopus shooting ink. Animation of shrimp creating defense cloud. Animation of chiasmodon. Animation metamorphosis of Gulper eel. Bringing in net. Bringing in pressure gauge and opening. Gladisfen coming in the tugboat that towed the Ready, the ship that the first dives the Bathysphere were conducted from. Catch carried to laboratory. Emptying and examining catch. Live caulolipus. Live melamphaes. Live white ceratiad. Live black pediculate. Live serrivomer. Live echiostoma. Bathysphere Lecture, New. II. Animation, Bathysphere descent. Pulling in twisted hose and uncoiling. Hurricane on Nonsuch Island. Loading Bathysphere from Taifun, on to the barge. Bathysphere brought on deck, leaking. Window leaking. Opening door. Explosion of Bathysphere. Bailing out of water. Removing imperfect window.
William Beebe testing a diving helmet. Shots of a rowboat which followed Dr. Beebe. In the rowboat he is accompanied by Jocelyn Crane and Gloria Hollister. Dr. Beebe goes down with helmet and comes up again several times. William Beebe fishing from rope ladder. William Beebe in pulpit.
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. Film showing the typical workday of William Beebe, Jocelyn Crane, Henry Fleming and Ellen Ordway on the grounds and interior research lab of the Department of Tropical Research in Simla, Trinidad. "Biologist in the tropics: An expedition to "Simla" (The NY Zoological Society Research Station in Trinidad) 1954. Photographed by Sam Dunton additional scenes by Jocelyn Crane"
Edited film presented at 1960 NYZS Annual Meeting. David Snow and William Beebe feeding, trapping, color banding, and collecting courting, plumage, and molt data on manakins. Snow with a parabolic microphone used for audio field recording. Ends with William Beebe's face emerging from behind binoculars.
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. DTR staff members building a new insectary on the grounds of Simla. Time lapse studies of the pupa, chrysalis, and cocoon stages of butterfly development. Footage of researcher, possibly Rosemary Kenedy, working with butterflies. "Butterfly Studies at the Tropical Research Center. Photographed by Russ Kline, Jocelyn Crane, Nautica Waterbury, Rosemary Kenedy
The Department of Tropical Research's first sound film, a summary of their wildlife field work in Venezuela, intended for a Venezuelan juvenile audience and produced by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, owned by ESSO Standard Oil. There is no known English language version of this film. Includes introduction in Spanish by William Beebe. The following film is presented courtesy of Dr. Beebe, director of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society, who with his collaborators Miss Jocelyn Crane, and research zoologist Mr. Henry Fleming, entomologist has made four long visits to Venezuela. The Creole Petroleum Corporation is pleased to have had the opportunity to cooperate with Dr. Beebe and his investigations and studies of the Venezuelan fauna. We gratefully acknowledge the public kindness that has been shown with the following entertaining scenes.
Edited film likely presented at an NYZS Annual Meeting. William Beebe greeting a visitor to Simla. Jocelyn Crane working in an insectary at Simla. Various examples of the trials conducted with butterflies to study color preferences and behavior. Macro photographic field studies of caterpillars and the egg, larva, pupa life cycle of the butterfly. A Newsletter in pictures from the Trinidad Field station of the Department of Tropical Research.
The majority of this reel was shot on the 1925 Arcturus Galapagos expedition; there is also some material from the 1923 Noma Arcturus Galapagos expedition. Isabel Cooper painting underwater. Moorish idol and moray eel. Hunting a giant manta ray. Bringing manta ray on deck. Examining and sketching it. Frigate birds courting. Sea lions swimming. Volcanic eruptions on Albemarle Island. Flowing of lava into ocean. Steam clouds rising and clouds formed from it overhead. Dr. Beebe and another man walking on the hot lava beds.
Edited film presented at the 1952 NYZS Annual Meeting: Highlights from the forty-ninth expedition of the DTR. William Beebe with man who appears to be Laurance Rockefeller. Macro photography of various insects with local flora flowers; Jocelyn Crane performing studies with butterflies.
Film illustrating the history of the New York Aquarium on its 90th anniversary.
Year in review film showcasing zookeepers caring for elephants in the winter cold, Mongolian horses and ostriches.
Year in review film featuring walrus, sea lions, chimps and the staff who care for them.
Year in review film featuring footage of zebra stables, Mongolian horses, zookeepers with owls, snakes and lizards in the Reptile House. "
Year in review film. Footage of crowds at the zoo and baby bat being bottle fed, but mostly close-up footage of birds.
Year in review film that starts with Helen Martini caring for a young animal and shows footage of the indoor tiger holding area at the zoo. Reel also includes footage of animal crates used for transporting animals.
Year in review film introducing the exhibits and research facilities at the newly relocated New York Aquarium at Coney Island.
Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the New York Zoological Park.
Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the New York Zoological Park. Photographed by Sam Dunton.
Year in review film with footage of zoo exhibits, animals, staff, and visitors. Features shots of Bronx Zoo signage, including signs calling attention to endangered species; Aquatic Bird House construction; Animal Nursery. Followed by compilation footage of Bronx Zoo animals and visitor crowds, walruses in Alaska and at the New York Aquarium, the collecting of a beluga whale, and a beluga whale at the New York Aquarium.
Year in review film. A photographic report on the year's events great and small. Includes shots of Great Ape House exterior, opening of the new Aquatic Birds House and interior footage of the exhibit.
Year in review film showcasing summer visitors, hippos, gorillas, and the Rainey Gate.
Year in review film showcasing flamingos, sea lions, and tiger cubs or snow leopards on the lap of a zoo keeper.
Year in review film featuring young apes, lions, ostriches, and baboons. Incidents large and small that made a lively year at the New York Zoological Photographed by Sam Dunton.
Year in review film featuring flamingos, giraffes, sharks, and penguins at the NY Aquarium footage. The film has footage of Bronx Zoo staff interacting with bears, baby ostriches, and ducks.
Year in review film including footage of ribbon cutting for the World of Darkness exhibit, various animals at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium, and education activities at the Bronx Zoo.
Year in review of the new births and young animals at the Bronx Zoo. The footage includes zebras, sea lions, giraffes, and gorillas.
Year in review film. Endangered species. Mongolian horses. Elk with antlers. Baby crane. Bird with chick. Snakes hatching. Baby giraffe nursing. Baby wolf. Brown bear. Redtail fox baby. Friends of the xoo member with class at the zoo for ferret demonstration. Rabbit demonstration. Rooster demonstration in class. Bird watchers trip. Bird flying. Educational tank at the aquarium. Penguin demonstration at the aquarium. Conway feeding a bird from his mouth.
Year in review film featuring footage of Przewalski's horses on the Bronx Zoo's Rare Animal Range, Bronx Zoo gorillas painting and keepers trying to get the paintings back from them, belugas at the New York Aquarium, tapirs at the Bronx Zoo, a puppet show at the Bronx Zoo, and gemsbok arriving at St. Catherines Island.
Year in review film with shots of the Bronx Zoo's monorail, flamingos, and the New York Aquarium.
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The New York Aquarium is a meeting place for grace and beauty and grotesque form"--Opening titles. Film shows various New York Aquarium exhibits, including the new walrus pool, and research activities at the proposed Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences.
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Above and Below the Sea Ice of Antarctica. In this harsh world there is a continuing study of Weddell seal and other marine animals. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society under a grant from the National Science Foundation. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Commander, Antarctic Support Forces, US Navy, and the Biological Laboratory at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photographed in Antarctica by Peter R. Gimbel, LT David Lavallee US Navy, Carleton Ray, New York Aquarium, Fleet Mobile Photographic Group, USN."--Film credits.
Adelie Penguins Navigation. Research and photography by R.L. Penney J.T. Emlen. John Hopkins University and the University of Wisconsin. Research supported by the National Science Foundation and Office of Antarctic Program. Additional photography by Sam Dunton from the Animal Behaviour Laboratory. The Institute for Research in Animal Behavior"--Film credits. Portrays research by R.L. Penney and J.T. Emlen into Adelie penguins and their migration across Antarctica; also depicts Institute for Research in Animal Behavior penguin research facility at the Bronx Zoo. A sound version of Adelie Penguin Navigation is tiled Adelie Penguins of the Antarctic.
Adelie penguins navigation. Research and photography by R. L. Penney J. T. Emlen. John Hopkins University and the University of Wisconsin. Research supported by the National Science Foundation and Office of Antarctic Program. Additional photography by Sam Dunton from the Animal Behaviour Laboratory. The Institute for Research in Animal Behaviour--Film credits. "A Sterling Educational film. Records the life cycle of the Adélie penguins, showing the trek of the adult bird over the frozen sea in early spring to the breeding grounds, their courting behavior and nesting habits, their enemies, and the rigors and beauties of their icy habitat"--Worldcat.
Film tour of Bronx Zoo Education Department summer school programs.
Adventure in the Bronx is a 1941 American short documentary film directed by Joseph Krumgold and produced for the New York Zoological Society. It tells the story of a boy exploring a zoo. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. It was later reissued by Warner Bros. under the name Sweeney Steps Out in the Hollywood Novelties series. Joseph Krumgold later wrote the book Sweeney's Adventure based on the film
Excerpt from the film, Adventures in Chico, featuring whitetail fawns in captivity. "Nature Excerpts Presents Adventures of Chico. Produced by Stacy Woodard. Whitetail Fawns
Film showcasing wild birds and snakes in South Carolina. "Photographed by Sam Dunton. Film made possible by the contributions of the Okeetee Club and the efforts of the U.S. Soil Conservation Services
Story: Africa Project. Cameraman: Fox. Roll No.: ARRI 83.--Original can label.
A variety of African wildlife photographed in Africa by Saul and Lillian Blickman. Adapted and narrated by William Bridges. Producer for Zoological Society Evan J. Anton--Film credits. Profile of various east African wildlife. Also includes footage of people, including Blickmans traveling with local guides in Ker and Downey safari jeep, local peoples in traditional garments dancing, and local peoples preparing food. Mentions government program to encourage eating of fish by local peoples.
Outtakes shotlist: "African animals in groups (Zebra, Wildebeests, giraffes, gazelle, antelope, hippotamidae - hippo)"--Original box label.
African National Parks: Lake Manyara National Park and Tanganyika National Park--Original can label. "A Mercury film production. Production: Sylvia Story. Photography by Benard W. Kunicki. Created by Tanganyika National Parks"--Film credits.
Film documenting Iain Douglas-Hamilton's African elephant survey, as part of Manyara Elephant Research Project. Includes footage of elephant being darted, fitted with a tracking collar, and revived, and researchers tracking collared elephant. When researchers dart collared elephant again, herd protects darted animal and attempts to chase off researchers. "Africa's Greats. Film by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Produced by NYZS"--Film credits.
Footage of walruses on exhibit, in their indoor exclosures, and in the wild in Alaska. Also includes footage of people in Alaska.
Daisy the pet alligator has its teeth brushed by owner Gwen Roberts. Gwen is interviewed by TV reporter Del Cooper about owning and looking after pet alligators at her home in St Keverne on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. The word alligator comes from the Spanish word el lagarto meaning lizard. Alligators are native only to America and China but Chinese alligators are an endangered species. Taming exotic animals to become pets became fashionable in the 70s - although keeping them in cramped conditions in the bathtub, as Gwen does, is hopefully no longer acceptable.
A Bronx Zoo staff member with Darwin rhea chicks in their enclosure and alligators outside on exhibit at the Bronx Zoo.
Wayne King 's footage of alligators and their eggs in the process of hatching.
Film featuring shots of the Everglades National Parks and interviews with various people speaking about alligator poaching.
Compilation reel of alligators and crocodiles in the wild and at the Bronx Zoo; includes "Croc footage from Wild Gold. Crocs from Reptile House"--Box label.
Compilation reel of alligators. "Feeding gharials (1963), [Steve] Spencock with Caiman. Feeding baby alligators and turtles. Keepers installing alligator exhibits"--Box label.
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Footage of American bison at the Bronx Zoo, medium shots and close-ups.
Short ends and trims from a film on the American forests.
An Adventure with Andy. Publisher: New York Zoological Society, Released by McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. A story about a day in the life of a baby orangutan at the Bronx Zoo in New York--Worldcat. See WCS Archives Collection 2008 for script.
Footage of a blond shaggy-haired Andrew Laurie with elephants and rhinoceros in the wild. The majority of animal shots are aerial shots, with a good deal of wide-angle establishing shots of the landscapes, also some close-up shots of a person writing and driving.
Andy, a young orangutan, and his keeper take a trip around the Bronx Zoo and find animals whose names begin with letters of the alphabet--Worldcat.
Anemones. Feeding sea anemones; Sea anemone tank with live coral and various fish; Cold water anemones. Original--Original film can.
Animal behavior studies 1947- shot at the zoo. Aoudads. Whitetail deer. Geese--Original box label.
Close-up footage of animals getting dental work at the Bronx Zoo.
Film featuring the Bronx Zoo's giant tortoises, with footage of insects and butterflies.
Well-composed footage of deer, bison, birds, multiple nests in the wild with eggs, people with fawns, and the landscape of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park. Original box label notes that this is a different film from 1948 film with same title. "Photographed by James R. Simon"--Film credits.
Picturesque shots of deer, bison, birds, multiple nests in the wild with eggs, people with fawns, and the landscape of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park. Original box label notes that this is a different film from 1949 film with same title.
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Film commissioned to celebrate NYZS's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1970. The majority of the footage is from the 1960s and 1970s, but the reel opens up with early footage and still photography. There is some brief footage of the NYZS Building at the 1939-1940 World's Fair, the Institute for Research in Animal Behavior facility at the Bronx Zoo, the counstruction of the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences, the opening of the World of Darkness and interior shots of that exhibit, dolphins at the New York Aquarium, and some exterior shots of the World of Birds building.
Ducks, geese, swans at the Bronx Zoo. Shot list: "Cereopsis geese -cereopsis novoe - hollandioe. Black-necked swan - Cygnus nigriallis. WGC pursued by "imprinted" duckling. American scoter- Oidemia Americana. red-headed baldpate (Widgeon)-Mareca penelope. Duck pond and J. Bell. Ducks and geese at Wild Fowls pond. Egyptian geese (from E. Africa). Andean crested duck"--Original can label.
Close-up footage of torrent ducks at a pond at the Bronx Zoo.
Film depicting Carleton Ray's studies of the Weddel seal in Antarctica. In addition to footage of seals, includes shots of research facilities, researchers, and penguins. Includes footage of researchers collecting seals for study and subsequent study activities. Includes underwater (under the ice) footage of researchers scuba diving. "Antarctic Laboratory. A study of the submarine environment and ecology of the Weddell seal. Sponsored by the New York Zoological Society under a grant from the National Science Foundation. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Commander, Antarctic Support Forces, U.S. Navy, and the Biological Laboratory at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photographed in Antarctica by Lieut. David Lavallee, USN, Carleton Ray, New York Aquarium, Fleet Mobile Photogenic Group, USN"--Film credits.
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Containing: 1964 Original Kodachrome and Ektachrome footage of Above and Below the Sea Ice of Antarctica"--Original can label. The majority of this reel is shots of planes, construction equipment, and the building's exterior in Antarctica. There are some interior shots of the research facilities.
Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 5 is shot underwater, below ice. Shows scuba diver swimming underwater, seal swimming underwater and emerging through hole in ice, jellyfish below ice.
Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 4 shows researchers weighing seal pups; a seal and her newborn pup; newborn seal nursing; seal mother with what appears to be dead pup under her head; aerial shots of research area; "Turtle Rock Highway" sign; additional seal footage.
Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 3 shows researchers with seals, including weighing seal pups; seals with pups; birds eating what appears to be meat; an area blocked off for "Seals Mating, Adults Only"; researchers exiting a trailer with an NYZS flag on it; researchers using audio recording devices indoors, bird eating eyeballs of dead seal pup; landscape shots of researcher area.
Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1 includes shots of the US Antarctic Research Program and various surrouding buildings, researchers entering and exiting these buildings, including the Biology Laboratory, aerial landscape shots, researchers obtaining samples from seals, researcher darting a seal to obtain samples, researchers collecting seals and US Navy helicopter appearing to transport it away.
Outtakes of the Antarctic station being built, seals in the landscape, shots of researchers and their living quarter interiors.
Outtakes from Antarctica - Weddell Seal Principal Investigator - Carleton Ray. Containing 1963 and 1964 original footage--Original can label.
Footage from Peter Gimbel and Carleton Ray taken during Ray's Antarctica studies. Reel 2A includes footage of researchers in scuba gear and on the ice, underwater footage of seals and jellyfish and human divers, researchers on the snow with a seal and a newly born pup [note the presence of blood presumably from the birth], researchers cutting into the snow, United States Antarctic Program equipment, scuba divers putting gear on, penguins in the snow, researchers in a lab, researcher appearing collect samples from a seal.
Footage from Carleton Ray taken during his Antarctica studies. Reel 1A has footage of seals, and penguins, and research scientists, diving and with audio equipment. Includes underwater footage of seals and human diver.
Overexposed and darkly lit outtakes of natural holes in the sea ice and members of the Antarctica expedition.
Researchers testing water indoors at the Antarctic research facilities.
Antelope in antelope house for antelope house t.v. 1. Cape Buffalo 2. Addax 3. Gnus 4. Kob 5. Kudu 6. Blesbok 7. Blackbuck--Original can label.
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Film showcasing antelopes at the Bronx Zoo and in their wild habitat in the plains of Africa. Opens at Bronx Zoo's Heads and Horns Museum, followed by footage from the Bronx Zoo's African Plains. Majority of film shows antelopes in central Africa.
Compilation reel of outtakes of ants and various insects.
Aoudads feeding. penguins. Tigers in cage--Original can label.
Various aquarium footage, some animals, mostly shots of the building of the aquarium, with shots of cargo ship unloading containers.
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Aquarium Exhibits and facilities original. Aquarium building, Bathysphere (1962) Aquarium flag, Outdoor Aquarium tanks and exhibits, Aquarium labs (1962), Dr. Nigrelli checking tanks, Bermuda fishing trip. 1964: Indoor shark, outdoor shark, sand dunes, plans for new labs, Labs, parking lot, Pound nets, sand dunes, Exhibits, Aquarium schooling tank. Seal island; Crowds + exhibits, Osborn labs, Aquarium Entrance + Osborn Labs, Night and Day Aquarium--Original can label.
Incomplete version of film highlighting the yearly exhibits at the New York Aquarium at Battery Park, including the Aquarium's display at the World's Fair. "Three special exhibits through the year"-- Film credits. Exhibits include manatees and penguins at the World's Fair. Film abruptly ends after penguin segment.
Black and white workprint of original Kodachrome footage of the opening of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island. Opens with a series of speakers at a podium, then shots of the crowds on the boardwalk, the aquarium flag, cars in the parking lot, and a walrus.
Also includes some live aquarium and peguin footage.
Film by Paul J. Rainey, believed to be taken during his 1910 Arctic expedition. Shots include a polar bear running on the ice from an approaching boat, close up shots of hunting boats sailing through ice floes, spearing walruses in the water, shots of musk oxen on a prairie with herding dogs, women skinning animals on the deck of a boat.
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