Zoo Artists 1959

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Chessington Zoo, Chessington, Surrey.

M/S of four people walking across neatly cut grass. Pan to an interesting signpost - signs reading "penguins", "phesantry", "zebra", "hyena" etc. Cut to the people walking. Another person (keeper) joins them. This is Chessington Zoo and people are 'zoo...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1463
Sort Number:
CP 232
Time in/Out:
01:19:17:00 / 01:21:42:00
Canister:
CP 232
Film ID:
91.08
Issue Date:
08/06/1959

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