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Zoo AKA Pretoria Zoo - Children's Day 1940
Description
Pretoria zoo - children's day.
Pretoria, South Africa.
Various shots of a large party of school children looking at parrots, pelicans, lions, monkeys, rhinoceros and hippos. Good shots as they ride on the elephant and laugh. They play with the orang-utan which is on a lead at the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 42862
- Sort Number:
- NSP 208
- Time in/Out:
- 01:53:44:00 / 01:55:06:00
- Canister:
- NSP 208
- Film ID:
- 1286.34
- Issue Date:
- 28/03/1940
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