Produced by Staff Photographer Sam Dunton and Curator of Reptiles, James A. Oliver, the film shows the locomotion of various snakes and features a puff adder being photographed from below and by x-ray. "This is the first x-ray motion picture ever made to show the anatomical movements involved [of snakes]". It was intended to be part of a series on reptiles that would include the NYZS film Introducing the Reptiles.
Film featuring George's Schaller's wildlife survey of the Shey Gompa area in Dolpo District, Nepal. Along with George Schaller, Peter Matthiessen is featured in the film.
"Photographed in Africa by Saul and Lillian Blickman. Producedwith the cooperation of Evan J. Anton. Additional scenes in theBronx Zoo by Sam Dunton""--Film credits. Film intended forpopular audience comparing Asian and African elephants, andelephants in the zoo and African elephants in the wild."
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 film. "Bison. Painting the rock at the bison exhibit. Endangered Species Range. 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 Zoo 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]"--Note in original can.
Macro-photography footage of insects in exhibits and in a research facility. "Under the curatorship of Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars a new comprehensive insect exhibit will be inaugurated at the Bronx Zoo in 1941"--Film credits.
Shows the growth and care of three tigers, born in the Bronx Zoo and raised from infancy by Helen Martini, including in her Bronx apartment.
Footage of adult tapirs and baby tapir (including footage of adult tapirs mating) and snow leopard cub Snowball at the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium belugas and touch tanks with visitors, and Bronx Zoo polar bear.
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.
Travelogue featuring New York Aquarium researchers and others studying rare blind fish. "In 1936 a new kind of blind cavefish was reported in Mexico. Little was known about it aside from the fact that it lived inside a warm water cave. We set out to learn what we could as the natural occurrence of an eyeless condition is always of considerable scientific interest. The party was made up as follows: Dr. C.M. Breder, Jr.; Mr. Ralph Friedman; Mr. William Bridges; Señor Coronado; Dr. E.B. Gresser; Mr. M.B. Bishop; Mr. S.C. Duton; Señor Ramon Aguilar"--Film credits.
2 parts: 1) Children's Day at the Bronx Zoo: Footage of Children's Zoo and events on Baird Court with education animals. 2) Safari to Borneo, Photographed by F. Wayne King: Footage of NYZS Members' trip to Borneo.
Film tour of Bronx Zoo Education Department summer school programs.
Early high-speed motion picture study of a hummingbird. "One Second in the Life of a Hummingbird. As seen by the high-speed motion picture camera of the New York Zoological Society. By Henry M. Lester"--Film credits.
Footage of Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium staff, at exhibits, offices, and indoor facilities. William Conway; Lee Crandall; Grace Davall; Charles Gandal; Hernon Dowling; Joe Davis and secretary; John Tee-Van; Gordon Cuyler; Publications, Education, Administrative, Facilities staff; Aage Svend Olsen; and Christopher Coates.
Travelogue and wildlife survey of northwest Burma. Some shots of elephants, landscapes, local people, and takin, including one takin who is roped and put on a plane in a crate. Film concludes with animal's arrival at the Bronx Zoo. "Takin Country in Northwest Burma. Photographed by Oliver M.B. Milton and Richard D. Estes, Burma Wildlife Survey, 1959"--Film credits.
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.
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.
"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.
