Injured Kangaroo 1969

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No titles. Kangaroo paralysed by vandals.

Sherwood Zoo, Nottinghamshire.

M/S of a zoo keeper fixing together a suspended harness. Various shots of Skippy the kangaroo being brought out of his shed and put into the harness. Commentator explains that Skippy has a broken pelvis, and...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57451
Sort Number:
69/074
Time in/Out:
01:48:00:00 / 01:48:42:00
Canister:
69/74
Film ID:
2225.35
Issue Date:
11/09/1969

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  • The man with the beard is Sherwood Zoo director Martin Lacey.

    jamied 17th Aug 2012

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