The Hippo Family At Home 1931

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"Father weighs about three tons - and a grunt."

Door of a zoo enclosure being opened and a hippo walking out into its pen. M/S of the hippo sliding down a slope into the pen. Hippo runs around its enclosure chased by a zoo keeper. "Pa has one secret sorrow - he can't get a whole meal into...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16700
Sort Number:
EP 209
Time in/Out:
01:01:43:00 / 01:03:31:00
Canister:
EP 209
Film ID:
938.02
Issue Date:
09/04/1931

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