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Accession 02-203

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications

Productions, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1984

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Title:Productions
Dates:1973, 1980, 1982, 1984
Quantity:6.08 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 tall document box)
Collection:Accession 02-203
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" and "Pandas." "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" is a 28-minute documentary film produced in 1980 about the ten year iguana behavior study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. "Pandas" documents both lesser pandas and giant pandas as well as the panda exhibit at the National Zoological Park. Materials include original camera rolls, master color reversals, soundtracks, internegatives, answer prints, release prints, music, voice-overs, narration, dubs, workprints, and trims on 16 mm film, 1/4" audiotape, and 3/4" U-Matic tapes.

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This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" and "Pandas." "Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana" is a 28-minute documentary film produced in 1980 about the ten year iguana behavior study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. "Pandas" documents both lesser pandas and giant pandas as well as the panda exhibit at the National Zoological Park. Materials include original camera rolls, master color reversals, soundtracks, internegatives, answer prints, release prints, music, voice-overs, narration, dubs, workprints, and trims on 16 mm film, 1/4" audiotape, and 3/4" U-Matic tapes.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-203, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

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Container List

Box 1

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. A, B, & C Roll. Original and Master Color Reversal. 16mm film

Box 1 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. B-Negative, Soundtrack. Nugent Productions. 16mm film

Box 1 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. B-Negative, Opt. Soundtrack for Color Reversal.16mm film

Box 1 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Color Internegative. 10/24/80. 16mm film

Box 1 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Opt. Soundtrack to Color Internegative. 10/24/80. 16mm film

Box 1 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. A&B Answer Print. 1980. 16mm film

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Box 2

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Release Prints (3 copies). 16mm film

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Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Spanish Opt. Soundtrack. 1980. 16mm film

Box 2 of 7

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Music Mag Trk. A-Roll. 1980. 16mm film

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Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Music Mag Trk. B-Roll. 1980. 16mm film

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Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Voice Over Mag Trk. 1980. 16mm film

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Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Narration Mag Trk. 1980. 16mm film

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Box 3

Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. 1/4" Audiotape

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Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana. Dub. 4/22/82. 3/4" U-matic Tape

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Special Event: Panda Furniture Construction (The Friends of the National Zoo organized and coordinated the construction of outdoor exercise structures in the pandas yards.) May 1984. Tapes 1-3 of 3, 3/4" U-matic Tapes

Box 3 of 7

Box 4

Special Event: Panda Furniture Construction (The Friends of the National Zoo organized and coordinated the construction of outdoor exercise structures in the pandas yards.) May 1984. Tapes 1-4 of 4, 3/4" U-matic Tapes

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Box 5

Panda Film. "Lesser Pandas." Camera Roll 1AA. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Lesser Pandas." Camera Rolls 1, 2. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Hsing-Hsing Exteriors." Camera Rolls 6A, 5A, 14, 15, 50. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Hsing-Hsing Playing and Sleeping." Camera Rolls 5, 6, 12A. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Hsing-Hsing Playing." Camera Rolls 3, 4. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Hsing-Hsing Eating." Camera Rolls 5, 6, 7, 8; 7A and 8A. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Ling-Ling Exteriors." Camera Rolls 5A, 14, 15. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Ling-Ling Interiors." Camera Rolls 11, 12. Thomas G. Smith Productions. 16mm film

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Panda Film. "Scenes-Outs from A and B Rolls." Cut up of old Shin film. 16mm film

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Panda Film. Opt.Trk (Soundtrack). 16mm film

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National Zoo Park. "Pandas - First Mating." 16mm film

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"Panda." Scratch Track and Cut Work Print. 16mm film

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National Zoo Park. "Pandas - First Mating." Trims. 16mm film

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"Front Royal Camels." Zoo. Work Prints. c.1973. 16mm film

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Box 6

Panda Film. A and B Rolls. Ekta Orig.16mm film

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Panda Film. Mag Trk. 16mm film

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Panda Film. Work Print. 16mm film

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Panda Film. Misc. Ftg. (Zoo, Nancy Reagan, S. Dillon Ripley, Giant Pandas) Col. Pos. and Ekta Master. 16mm film

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"No Title." National Zoo Park. Ekta Orig. Roll 1. 1973. 16mm film

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"Pandas." National Zoo Park. Eco. Orig. 16mm film

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"Playful Pandas." National Zoo Park. Eco. Orig. 16mm film

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"Pandas Mating." National Zoo Park. 16mm film

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Panda Footage. NVETA Project. Work Print. 16mm film

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Box 7

"Pandas - First Mating." National Zoo Park. Work Print. 16mm film

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"Pandas and Yaks in China." Loan Footage. Eco.Orig. 16mm film

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"Pandas - First Mating." National Zoo Park.Work Print. 16mm film

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"Pandas - First Mating." National Zoo Park. Work Print. 16mm film

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"Pandas - First Mating." National Zoo Park. Ekta Rolls #1 and #2. 16mm film

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"Pandas - Mating." Work Print. 16mm film

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"Pandas." Orig. Ekta Rolls 1-6. 16mm film

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"Pandas." 1/4" Original Audiotape

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