Zoo Close-Ups 1954

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Description

London Zoo.

Several C/Us of the features of a Jackson's chameleon, a baby iguana, a grey monitor lizard, a stump-tailed (or shingle backed) skink and a leaf frog.

Notes on file.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44549
Sort Number:
NP 523
Time in/Out:
01:16:42:00 / 01:18:46:00
Canister:
NP 523
Film ID:
1353.10
Issue Date:
20/09/1954

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