Film shot on location at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park illustrating wildlife and research activities. Photography and Production: C.R. Carpenter, D.P. Duvall, J.R. Simon. Editing and sound recording: Motion picture studios the Pennsylvania State College"--Film credits.
First film in the NYZS The Living Reptile Series. NYZS educational film shot at the Bronx Zoo and on location in Florida, featuring Turtles, Crocodilians, Beak-Heads, Lizards and Snakes. "Produced in the NY Zoological Park. Under the direction of James A. Oliver Curator of Reptiles. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Directed by William Bridges. Permission to photograph many scenes in the Everglades National Park and Marine Studios at Marineland Florida is gratefully acknowledged"--Film credits.
Film created to raise funds for "the zoo of tomorrow." Describes planned new exhibits at the Bronx Zoo, including an expansion of the African Plains, a South American exhibit, bear exhibits, World of Birds, the World of Darkness. Describes new plans for the New York Aquarium. Also references field work in Africa and South America. Includes dialogue from William Conway and Fairfield Osborn. "Produced for the Zoological Society by Evan J. Anton"--Film credits.
"The Flying White Whales. The story of two expeditions to Bristol Bay, Alaska with the cooperation of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Photography by Carleton Ray. Additional scenes in Canada and New York by Sam Dunton"--Film credits. "From August 5 to 27 [1961] Dr. Ray led an expedition to Bristol Bay where a male and two female Belugas were captured and subsequently transported to New York non-stop on a special plane. Accompanying this expedition were Seward Johnson, a member of the Zoological Society, and Robert Moore of the National Geographic Society. These collecting trips were carried out with the permission and aid of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the assistance we received from this state agency was essential to their success"--1961 NYZS Annual Report.
Year in review film introducing the exhibits and research facilities at the newly relocated New York Aquarium at Coney Island.
"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.
Film highlighting Bronx Zoo animals and exhibits, including hummingbirds, tapirs, gorillas, and penguins. Includes footage from the opening of the Great Apes House and view of the exhibit.
Establishing shots of a variety of Bronx Zoo exhibits and animals, including the African Plains, the Lion House, giant panda exhibit, Children's Zoo. Also includes footage of the zoo shuttle, Bronx River waterfall, Rainey Gates, parking lot, riding animals. Also footage depicting the transport of African elephants from the British Congo and their arrival at the Bronx Zoo's Elephant House with a press event.
Film showcasing a variety of baby animals being raised at the Bronx Zoo. Includes footage of Bronx Zoo's Gibbon Island and Animal Nursery.
Film includes footage of Carleton Ray and others collecting fish and invertebrates for the New York Aquarium; shots of the Aquarium's laboratories and interior tanks; the electric eel exhibit; shots of visitors at exterior tanks; footage of fish and invertebrates swimming in tanks. " Photographed by Carlton Ray and Sam Dunton. Produced with the assistance of Louis Mowbray, the Curator of Bermuda Aquarium"--Film credits.
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.
Close-up footage of animals getting dental work at the Bronx Zoo.
Film on animal behavior research at the Bronx Zoo. Includes discussions of behavior experiments involving of cock-of-the-rock, toucan, aligator (French horn response), giant tortoises, lions, and elephants.
"A Day at the Zoo. As told by John Kieran a New York Zoological Society member. Photographed and arranged by Stacy Woodard the photographer of The River, Chico, and other nature films"--Film credits.
Footage of Great Ape House at the Bronx Zoo, including gorillas in exhibit and man looking at himself in The Most Dangerous Animal in the World display.
"Photographed by James R. Simon"--Film credits. Footage of bears, including cub, and bison, including calf and herd running.
"The Rockefeller University presents Behavior and Ecology of Vervet Monkeys in the Masai Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya by Thomas T. Struhsaker, New York Zoological Society and The Rockefeller University"--Film credits.
Film illustrating the process of planning for the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest Exhibit. The majority of the footage is of artists' renditions of exhibits and architectural plans. Among staff in the film are John Gwynne, Walter Deichmann, William Conway, Amy Vedder, Lee Ehmke, Annette Berkovits, Sue Chin, and Don Lisowy. Actress Linda Hunt provided the narration.
