Zoo Girls 1953

Star Item

Description

Zoo girls at Whipsnade, Bedfordshire.

L/S Windmill Theatre girls entering enclosure with llamas in foreground - one of them (Janet Duncan) walks up to a baby llama. L/S Keeper catches baby llama, and carries it over to one of the girls who holds it in her arms. M/S Other three girls looking...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
43685
Sort Number:
NP 456
Time in/Out:
01:33:28:00 / 01:34:31:00
Canister:
NP 456
Film ID:
1319.21
Issue Date:
08/06/1953

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
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.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
All Khaki Wedding

All Khaki Wedding

Footage of wedding of Sergeant Major Stayton to Corporal Janet McCardel.

Hurricane Brings Flood & Famine

Hurricane Brings Flood & Famine

Hurricane 'Janet' brings flood, death and famine to Tampico, Mexico.

Reconstruction Of Janet Marshall Murder

Reconstruction Of Janet Marshall Murder

French Police take Robert Avril, killer of Janet Marshall, to the scene of his crime.

Selected Originals - Reconstruction Of Janet Marshall Murder.

Selected Originals - Reconstruction Of Janet Marshall Murder.

Material relating to the newsreel story "Reconstruction of Janet Marshall murder" 56/6

Two Way Blouse

Two Way Blouse

Ex-model Rosemary Janet Dickinson demonstrates her dual-purpose blouse invention.

Child Weightlifter

Child Weightlifter

Weightlifter Ernest Peppiatt weight lifts with his 3 year old daughter Janet.

(Margaret Thatcher In Brighton)

(Margaret Thatcher In Brighton)

Comedienne Janet Brown does Margaret Thatcher impressions in Brighton.

Janet Attlee's Wedding

Janet Attlee's Wedding

Daughter of the Prime Minister, Janet Attlee marries

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
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.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
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.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler