Sick Chimp 1953

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Poplar, London.

C/Us of empty milk bottles, apples, oranges and bananas. Various shots show animal trainer Jessie Howes preparing and feeding gruel to a chimpanzee in an oxygen tent. The chimp, Mickey, is recovering from pneumonia. Jessie feeds Mickey with a spoon through...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43558
Sort Number:
NP 443
Time in/Out:
01:47:59:00 / 01:49:29:00
Canister:
NP 443
Film ID:
1315.25
Issue Date:
09/03/1953

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