WCS Film Collection

Film documenting biologists gathering, crating, and transporting birds off Solander Island, bound for the Bronx Zoo. "New York Zoological Society Presents Expedition to a Puffin Island. From a jagged pinnacle of rock off the Pacific Coast of Canada came birds for a pioneering exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. Photographed on Solander Island by David and Lyn Hancock"--Film credits.

Shows footage of New York Zoological Society President Fairfield Osborn at events at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium, Osborn hosting the Shah and Empress of Iran, various exhibits including the Aquatic Birds House and the Red Light exhibits in the Small Mammal House, Osborn at New York Aquarium events, and the construction of Osborn Laboratories of Marine Science.

Black and white version of NYZS film showcasing the Bronx Zoo's Farm in the Zoo exhibit. "Cast Joe Kane, Mrs. Kane, Bobby Kane, Lloyd Van Cook; from Parkchester Housing Community: Peter Sheridan, Arthur Molloy, Jimmie Fllipone, Playground Children. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Narration by John Reed King"--Film credits.

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.

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.

Footage of Bronx Zoo keeper Helen Martini and baby lowland gorilla Mambo. Also Helen Martini with tiger Ranee, lions Zambezi and Limpopp, and leopard Bagheera as cubs.

Footage from F. Wayne King's studies in Indonesia researching the Komodo monitor. Many landscape shots and close-up shots of the Komodo monitor in its natural habitat.

"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."

A film letter documenting the expedition led by Olaus and Margaret (Mardy) Murie during the summer of 1956 along the Sheenjek River in northern Alaska. The expedition was sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and included George Schaller as a young assistant. The film is narrated by Olaus and Mardy Murie and was filmed by Robert Krear and produced by the Conservation Foundation.

"Produced in cooperation with Evan J. Anton. Adapted and narrated by William Bridges. Photographed in Africa by Saul and Lilian Blickman"--Film credits. Provides an overview of lions, their distribution and habitat, and behavior, for a popular audience.

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.

Footage from George Schaller's studies of mountain gorillas in Central Africa. Majority of reel is shots of mountain gorillas, also includes shots of Kay Schaller at the Schallers' camp, landscape footage, Kay Schaller observing a volcano through binoculars; local peoples at homes and farms; additional sweeping landscape views. Original source footage for The Mountain Gorilla.

Footage from George Schaller's studies of mountain gorillas in Central Africa. Majority of footage is of mountain gorillas. Also includes footage of man visiting Carl Akeley's grave; local rangers(?) shooting at bovid (includes brief shot of apparently wounded bovid); white-necked ravens; sweeping landscape views; the Schallers' camp; George Schaller observing gorillas; gorilla scat. Original source footage for NYZS film, The Mountain Gorilla, which follows at the end of this reel.

Film showcasing the link between WCS's wildlife conservation efforts at its New York City zoos and its global field work. There is a segment on the Coral Reef Lab at the New York Aquarium and the medical fertilization of snow leopards. Staff featured include Fred Koontz, George Schaller, Alyssa Scott, Martha Hiatt, Kris Theis, Keith Walker, Kevin Walsh, Alan Alder, Lorraine Hershonik, William Karesh, Robert Cook, Paul Calle, and Bonnie Raphael. Footage of Karesh and Schaller courtesy of Survival Anglia.

Film showcasing the facilities and blueprints of the on-site hospital at the Bronx Zoo.