Giraffe At Whipsnade Zoo 1938

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Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire.

Various shots of a lovely baby giraffe called Boxer (born on Boxing Day) walking about an enclosure with its mother. The father is jealous and is kept in a separate enclosure. Boxer gambols about in a frisky manner - very cute!

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16467
Sort Number:
38/031
Time in/Out:
01:47:45:00 / 01:48:15:00
Canister:
38/31
Film ID:
959.42
Issue Date:
18/04/1938

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