1.
GV EMPEROR'S CAR ARRIVES AT ZOO.
0.05

2.
GV EMPRESS AND EMPEROR OUT OF CAR, GREETED BY CHIMPANZEE.
0.15

3.
CU CHIMPANZEE.
0.18

4.
SV EMPEROR.
0.22

5.
GV AVIARY.
0.26

6.
GTV BIRDS.
0.29

7.
GV EMPEROR AND EMPRESS LOOK AT BIRDS.
0.32

8.
SCU DITTO
0.36

9.
CU EMPEROR.
0.40

10.
GTV BIRDS.
0.43

11.
SCU EMPEROR WALKING OFF.
0.48

12.
LV EMPEROR AND EMPRESS LOOKING AT FLAMINGOS.
0.53

13.
SV PAN.. FROM FLAMINGOS TO EMPEROR.
1.00

14.
GV FLAMINGOS.
1.02

15.
LV EMPEROR AND EMPRESS.
1.09

16.
SV PRESSMEN.
1.09

17.
LV EMPEROR AND EMPRESS LOOKING AT HIPPOPOTAMUS.
1.12

18.
SV GIRLS WITH CAMERAS.
1.14

19.
STV HIPPOPOTAMUS.
1.18

20.
GV ZOO.
1.22

21.
GV MAIN GATES OF ZOO BEING CLOSED.
1.25



Initials PC/S/MGT/JB



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Background: ON ONE OF HIS RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCES, EMPEROR HIROHITO OF JAPAN, ACCOMPANIED BY EMPRESS NAGAKO, PAID AN INFORMAL VISIT MAR 30 TO TOKYO'S 'UENO ZOO'. THE ZOO THE LARGEST IN JAPAN, WAS OBSERVING ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY. IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THE EMPEROR HAD VISITED THE ZOO - THE LAST OCCASION WAS IN 1956.

THE EMPEROR AND HIS PARTY STROLLED THROUGH THE ZOO GROUNDS AND DISPLAYED GREAT INTEREST IN THE ANIMALS PARTICULARLY THE BIRDS. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS ALSO RODE ON THE MONORAIL TRAIN THAT TRANSVERSES THE ZOO GROUNDS.