Long shot of elephants being led out of elephant house. Zoo keeper directing students to various places in the zoo - they all holding buckets. Signpost to different parts of the zoo.
Long shot of elephants being led out of elephant house. Zoo keeper directing students to various places in the zoo - they all holding buckets. Signpost to different parts of the zoo.
Long shot of students Kenneth Pickup and Dennis Holland brushing and cleaning elephant. Close up shot of Dennis Holland from Queen's College, Cambridge. Close up shot of Ken Pickup from Guy's Hospital Medical School. Ken Pickup brushes elephant and examines elephant's mouth.
Student feeding llamas in Pets' Corner. Close up shot of name 'Pets' Corner'. David Matthews from Agricultural College walking toward Pets' Corner carrying parrot on shoulder. Close up shot of David Matthews with parrot on shoulder. Two parrots sitting on rail, small animals in background.
Brian A. Berry from University of Bristol feeding lion. Lion runs forward, grabs meat, turns and runs back further inside cage. Close up shot of lion's head.
Mike Lloyd feeding tiger - tiger seems nervous before feeding. Close up shot of Mike Lloyd smiling. Close up shot of tiger in cage growling with large piece of meat.
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The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
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The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
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British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
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