Baby Alligators 1949

Star Item

Description

Baby alligators.

Regent's Park Zoo. London.

M/S of three tiny baby alligators a few weeks old. Head-keeper Lanworn picks them all up. C/U of one's ear and eye, showing two sets of lids. C/U as he shows us their elastic lower jaws.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34245
Sort Number:
NP 232
Time in/Out:
01:35:54:00 / 01:37:15:00
Canister:
NP 232
Film ID:
1265.25
Issue Date:
21/02/1949

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Pregnant Dolphin

Pregnant Dolphin

Vet has to plant pregnancy pills inside herrings to feed to "Captain" who is expecting a baby dolphin.

Stag Party

Stag Party

Good footage of deer and stags at Berlin Zoo.

Easter At Whipsnade Zoo

Easter At Whipsnade Zoo

Animals including camels at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire.

Another Zoo Baby

Another Zoo Baby

A Bison in London Zoo has a baby that is shown off to the cameras.

Penguins

Penguins

A look at the penguins at London zoo.

Baby Zebra (Issue Title - Among Those Present)

Baby Zebra (Issue Title - Among Those Present)

A look at a cute baby zebra and his mother at London zoo.

Barless Cage

Barless Cage

New cage made from glass at Bristol Zoo.

Babies At The Zoo

Babies At The Zoo

New arrivals in a zoo - three baby bears.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions