Vista Stock Shots: Birds and Animals, Zoo (1960)

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Families and kids at zoo watching too elephants; three boy scouts in blue uniforms and yellow scarves, young man walking unicycle crosses frame. 1950s people at zoo watch lion in naturalistic setting, older man hold handle of baby carriage; zoo safari tour pulled by pink elephant car with grass roofed passenger cars, passes in front of camera. adults and children at zoo watching elephants, backs to camera. Great from inside cage looking though fence at cute little girl and boy feeding chickens through fence. Great shot of cute little girl feeding popcorn to a sheep through fence; as sheep takes popcorn little girl jumps and looks toward the camera. families and general audience at zoo watching gorillas on little island surrounded by a concrete moat; two military men step up to fence to watch; woman with kids looks back at camera and removes her children from frame, little kids look back at camera, camera zooms into gorillas sitting by Do Not Feed Here sign; one male gorilla wet from chest down grabs a burlap sack; gorilla with burlap sack climbs atop tree stump and throw burlap sack to the ground, camera zooms in on gorilla perched on tree Zoon audience watches elephant, camera zooms into head of elephant. Parents and children seated on ledge of zoo wall watch little black bear scratch itself; bears, bear stands up on its two hind legs and howls. Pan down pink castle with life size statue of Rapunzel letting down her long blonde braids; castle gates bridge functions as a…

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29 minutes

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Prelinger Archives

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