More Zoo Babies 1931

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"A real baby - the latest arrived dwarf hippo, a very scarce kind of baby in most zoos."

C/U of a wooden crate. Door is lifted to reveal a young hippo inside. Hippo emerges and is stroked and petted by its keepers. Various shots of the baby hippo. The baby nuzzles up to its mother - cute....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16736
Sort Number:
EP 243
Time in/Out:
01:20:04:00 / 01:22:23:00
Canister:
EP 213
Film ID:
940.12
Issue Date:
04/06/1931

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