• Short Summary

    6-year-old Teddy (Edward) Kennedy opens the new Pets Corner at London Zoo with brother Bobby (Robert).

  • Description

    London.

    At London Zoo we see 6-year-old Teddy (Edward) Kennedy (later Senator Edward Kennedy) , son of US Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy, cutting a ribbon to open a new children's playground / pets corner. 12-year-old Bobby (Robert) Kennedy (later Attorney General then Senator Robert Kennedy) stands beside his brother; Joseph Kennedy and daughter Kathleen are just seen in the background.

    Various shots of children feeding and petting animals and birds in the enclosure - penguins, ponies, a baby goat and a baby wallaby (?). Visuals cut out at 01:06:27; soundtrack continues to end.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    969.05
    Media URN:
    17215
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    06/06/1938
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:41:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:06:00:00 / 01:06:41:00
    Canister:
    38/45

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