Our Zoo's Who 1930

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Full titles read: "OUR ZOO'S WHO - Filmed at Edinburgh Zoo." "Meet the King - of the Z00 - and a fine specimen too. - Scotland."

Good M/S's of male lion sitting on large rock. Several more shots of the lion walking around his pen.

Intertitle reads: "Aristocratic members of the Parrot...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
36778
Sort Number:
PT 021
Time in/Out:
01:14:52:00 / 01:17:40:00
Canister:
PT 021
Film ID:
1016.06
Issue Date:
18/08/1930

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