Animals Celebrate New Year In Paris 1938

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Paris, France.

Various shots of monkeys at a Paris zoo; there is a huge Christmas tree in their enclosure. A large crowd of people watch their antics. We also see people feeding elephants and a lion-tamer man pretending to ride on a lion....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16225
Sort Number:
38/004
Time in/Out:
01:55:04:00 / 01:56:09:00
Canister:
38/4
Film ID:
949.65
Issue Date:
13/01/1938

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