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Home Movie: 97288: New Haven, Conn. Family

Ephemeral film · 18 min

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18 minutes
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Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · Why is Mommy never home? · Spuzz · 2015-04-20

First part of this features a zoo. A google search for Oka, one of the gorillas on display reveals this is the Bronx zoo. Lots of animals, including gorillas, monkeys, okapis, giraffes and lions are seen, bored out of their minds in the small jail enclosures they're in, The film then switches gears to a party in full swing, lots of fun being had. Then we seemingly get a shot of a woman passed out. My guess is she's woken up and then poses for the camera. This shot is a bit uncomfortable to watch. Then the woman is getting ready again! Then more people arrive, I think they're going out again…