Record Unit 395

Videotape 1

Videotape 2

Videotape 3

* 1943 - Dr. Mann's circus footage. (See 1959 turnover of American bald eagle)

1958 - Snow leopard baby playing outside with Bert Barker. Silent, 200 feet, 5.6 minutes

1958 - Moving alligators. Silent, 350 feet, 9.7 minutes

* 1959 - Zoo film: Driving up to NZP entrance, driving around NZP - Various buildings shown, Holt House - Director's Office with Dr. Theodore H. Reed coming out of the door. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

* 1960 - Veterinarian: treatment of animals with dart gun - Antelope, lion, tiger, Himalayan bear, Nile hippos (treated by Dr. Wright), jaguar, eland. Silent, 400 feet, 11.1 minutes

1961 - Barbary apes, baby also, NZP. In outdoor cages. Silent, 150 feet, 4.2 minutes

1963 - Keepers preparing pygmy hippo for oral surgery. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Continuation of pygmy hippo surgery; macaque in outdoor enclosure with baby and other monkeys. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Pygmy hippo and baby, Nikumba (gorilla) coming down off overhead pipe. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Nikumba (gorilla) when paralyzed (all dark except for two sequences). Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Nikumba (gorilla) when paralyzed - Lying in cage (dark at beginning). Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1964 - "Snakes and Snakebite:" Indian (?) zoo (not NZP) - Man catching snakes and collecting venom; 1961-1962 - Various snakes and reptiles; Undated - "First Aid Treatment for Snake Bites," (b&w), produced by Hill Films with the cooperation of E.D.; Bullard Co., San Francisco - New York; 1965 - "Killing the Killer," (b&w), mongoose vs. cobra, produced by Ufa. Silent, 400 feet, 11.1 minutes

1966 - Loo-Seal the seal's first swimming lesson. Silent, color and b&w - some of b&w is negative film. 250 feet, 6.9 minutes

1967 - Baby rhino, WTTG Channel 5, September 5, 1967. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

* 1972 - Pandas, Presentation to First Lady Pat Nixon, April 20, 1972, Pandas playing, June 1972. Silent, 250 feet, 6.9 minutes

* 1973 - Pandas' first day in new pen, November 19, 1973. Silent, 272 feet, 7.6 minutes

1980 - "Changes: The Story of Evolution and Speciation" - Animation. Directors: Stefan Janik and Karen Loveland. Conceived and written by: Dale Marcellini, Judith White, and Benjamin Lawless. Art and animation: Stefan Janik. Narration: Larry Lewman. Filmed at: Film Polski, Studio Miniatur Filmowych, Warsaw, Poland. Produced for the Office of Education and Information, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, by the Motion Picture Unit, Office of Exhibits Central, Smithsonian Institution. Sound, 300 feet, 8.3 minutes

1938 - Dr. and Mrs. Mann's trips to Iceland, Russia, and to visit zoos in Europe

1939 - Dr. and Mrs. Mann's trip to Brazil and Argentina to collect Animals for NZP

1952 - Baby giraffe. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1955 - Bears and ostrich. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1956 - Brown bear. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1958 - Birth of chimpanzee Donnie. Jiggs and Maggie shown also. Silent, 75 feet, 2.1 minutes

1958 - White rhinos, baby giraffe. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1959 - Niset baby and hippo baby, lion cubs. Silent, 150 feet, 4.2 minutes

* 1960 - Presentation of white tiger to President Eisenhower. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1960 - Three-toed sloth from British Guyana, November 1960. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1960 - Paris shipment from Andrews Air Force Base. Silent, 75 feet, 2.1 minutes

c. 1960 - Pygmy hippo giving birth with help of NZP keepers. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1961 - Serval cub, June 1961. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1962 - Sick Barbary apes in Veterinarian's Hospital with J. Lear Grimmer and Bert J. Barker, March 1962. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1968 - Indian one-horned rhinos, 2 reels - One reel includes Dr. Reed watching them with camera. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1968 - Indian one-horned rhinos - Includes rhino exhibit sign. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1968 - Elephants and Indian one-horned rhinos. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1973 - From "Window on Washington" - pandas, June 27, 1973. Sound, 100 feet, 2.7 minutes

1979 - "Romper Room" panda sequence. Sound during "Romper Room" credits, silent during panda footage, 155 feet.

1941 - Dr. Mann's NZP footage, including William H. Blackburne, various NZP animals

1942 - Easter Sunday at the National Zoological Park

c. 1949 - Montage including hippo transfer, various NZP animals, Bobette (tiger cub) fed by Mrs. Mann; 1959 - British Guyana footage

1959 - American Bald Eagle to Manila Zoo; 1943 - Dr. Mann's circus footage

1959 - Driving tour of NZP

1960 - Presentation of white tiger to President Eisenhower at the White House

* 1941 - Dr. Mann - NZP pictures: German shepherd, William H. Blackburne, variety of animals: bison, Nile hippo, etc., policeman with young boys. Silent, 250 feet, 6.9 minutes

* 1942 - Dr. Mann - Easter Monday at NZP. Silent, 200 feet, 5.6 minutes

* 1954 - Cobra hatching from egg - Out take from Montage A. Silent, 2 feet, .05 minute

1958 - Cleaning of waterfowl ponds. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

* 1943 - Dr. Mann's circus and NZP footage: Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey unloading animals from train, Nile hippo at NZP, circus ticket booth, inside big top at circus, outside shots of performers preparing, roustabouts driving in tent stakes, trucks with equipment arriving. Silent, b&w and color, 300 feet, 8.3 minutes

1961 - Deer (white, fallow, and others) gaur, cattle, pedro (sp?), baboons, crocodile taken into Veterinarian Hospital. First part in Smithfield, VA. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1962 - Black-crested mangabeys, January 1962. Two reels. Silent, 50 and 100 feet, 1.4 minutes and 2.8 minutes

1963 - Kobe Oji Zoo (Japan) - Birth of black rhino, courtesy of NHK. Silent, b&w, 175 feet, 4.9 minutes

1963 - Pygmy hippo and baby, August 1963. Three reels, all Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Tapir in pond. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Nikumba (gorilla) walks. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1966 - Montage: Kangaroos, white tiger, man with baby rhino, man with gorilla, Komodo dragon - All at NZP, Silent, 200 feet, 5.6 minutes

1968 - Rhinos - Urine squirt by female, short chase by male. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1974 - Smokey and Goldie action film, Cox Broadcasting Co., March 22, 1974. Sound, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1978 - Smokey Bear. Sound, 125 feet, 3.5 minutes

1960 - Development of capture gun at NZP

1972 - Presentation of the pandas to First Lady Pat Nixon, April 20, 1972, Pandas playing, June 1972

November 19, 1973 - Panda's first day in new pen

* 1939 - Dr. Mann - South American trip with Mrs. Mann to Brazil and Argentina to collect animals for the zoo: Lake, possums, skunks, hippo, wild boar, view from a train. Silent, 275 feet, 7.6 minutes (original print, work print, b&w duplicate negative, and color internegative - 4 reels)

* c. 1949 - Montage - Dr. Mann's footage of hippo transfer; penguins in outdoor pond being fed, swans in same pond, longhorn cattle, prairie dogs, turtles, fish - moray eel?; 1949 - Bobette (tiger cub) in the Mann's apartment, fed from bottle by Lucile Mann, petted by Dr. Mann. Interior of Elephant House - Rhinos, elephants, giraffes; 1959 - Footage from British Guiana (see #B Montage) - Birds on riverbank, man taking photographs from boat, boys fishing with nets, boats moored on riverbank, boy on horse, Margaret A. Grimmer taking photos. Silent, b&w and color, 800 feet, 22.2 minutes

1954 - Mellanistic melloderma (reptile). Mexico and Mexican Zoo: Margaret A. Grimmer, various animals - Panther, polar bear exhibit, rhino, spider monkeys, owl, birds. Silent, 150 feet, 4.2 minutes

1960 - Bears at NZP, December 1960. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1960 - Boothbay Harbor, Maine, October 1960. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1960 - Snow scenes, NZP, December 12, 1960: Many animals shown. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1960 - #B Montage - Scenes from NZP: Polar bear, seals, cleaning waterfowl ponds (b&w), keepers lassoing elk. Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse: Reindeer; NZP: Rock Creek Park flood, reindeer and calf; arrival of maned wolf (b&w); Africa (?): Ostrich, zebra, giraffe; NZP: Giraffe, elephant with keeper, llama, musk ox, zebu, keeper capturing antelope in outdoor enclosure, keepers putting halter on camel; September 9, 1962 - Tomoka (gorilla) and chimpanzee companion Lulu celebrate Tomoka's first birthday - With keepers W. Jack Armstrong, Ralph Norris, and also Lucile Q. Mann; Mexican zoo: Keepers feeding hippos; NZP: Dr. Reed in Elephant House with okapi, waterbirds; 1959 - British Guyana: Footage taken from river, birds, waterfall, squirrel monkey, bird's nest with egg, people standing near pontoon plane (including Mrs. Grimmer). Silent, 1200 feet, 33.3 minutes

1962 - Anoa, March 1962. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1963 - Barbary ape fits, pygmy hippo and baby, July 1963. Silent, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1963 - Babe (caribou) and calf (x reindeer). Silent, 40 feet, 1.1 minutes

1963 - Rhinos for Smithsonian. Silent, black & white, 348 feet, 9.6 minutes

1965 - Hybrid bear Willie - Keeper A. Smith, October 19, 1965. Silent, 350 feet, 9.7 minutes

1967 - Baby rhino. Silent, 100 feet, 2.8 minutes

1961 - Report dealing with the planned expansion of NZP. 35 mm, negative image

South American trip, 1939

NZP Footage, Dr. Mann, 1941

Easter Sunday, 1942

Bald Eagel, 1959; Circus, 1943

NZP Film, Holt House, Dr. Reed, 1959

Presentation of tiger to president, 1960

1959-1960 - #C Montage - Various animals at NZP: Lions, tiger, bear, giraffe, injection of Nile hippo - Treatment by Dr. James F. Wright, deer running in enclosure, elk euthanasia with dart, African rhino Josephine's carcass moved to incinerator, zebra castration, Himalayan bear, fossa, 3-toed sloth (b&w), fisher (b&w), binturong (b&w), Lion House interior, rhino, elephant, crane, deer, anoa, eland. Zebra at farm in Florida. Silent, black & white and color, 600 feet, 16.7 minutes

1960 - Coolidge bear. Syrian bears. Sound, 50 feet, 1.4 minutes

1961 - Various animals: Africa, U.S.A. animal park - White deer, ostrich, camel, gnu (?), eland, tour bus, giraffes, zebu, asses; NZP: Keepers catching alligator; 1959 - Panthers in cage, tigers (NZP?) b&w; 1960 - Snow scenes at NZP: Deer, bighorn sheep, bears fighting. Silent, 415 feet, 11.5 minutes

1966 - Moving white rhinos from Elephant House to Hardy Hoof area; feline cubs and gibbon young in infirmary Silent, black & white, 600 feet, 16.7 minutes

1979 - Social and Reproductive Development of the Giant Panda. Duplicate of master print, 30 minutes. (Must be transferred to cassette format to be viewed)

Iceland/Russia trip, 1939

Montage, 1949; British Guyana, 1959

Capture gun, 1960

Panda presentation ceremony, April 20, 1972; Pandas playing, June 1972

Pandas' first day in new pen, November 19, 1973

* 1938 - Iceland, Russia - Dr. and Mrs. Mann's trip to visit zoos in Europe and the Soviet Union. Silent, b&w and color, 1500 feet, 41.7 minutes

Various dates, from 1954 to 1965 - Montage A: 1954 - NZP keeper (Leonard Clark Jr.?) removing cobra and eggs from cage, eggs placed in incubator, cobras hatching; 1961 - Gorilla Nicky in cage, when paralyzed, Dr. Reed; 1959 - Small elephant with 3 darts in its flank (film very dark); exterior of Elephant House: Elephant and keeper; 1958 - Lion, tiger, bear, hippos, jaguar, eland - Treatment with dart gun (edited from 1960 veterinarian footage), black leopard, camel - Treatment with dart gun; 1960 - Zebra foal moved by keepers; macaque in hospital; car on highway in the mountains, bear by side of the road, scenery taken from moving car; 1961 - Wild hogs in Florida; camp with tents and deer running through woods (location?); 1958 - New Orleans, Louisiana, animals: Whooping cranes, tiger cubs with Dr. Wright; 1965 - Baby gorilla with keeper amongst crowd of zoo visitors (NZP?), Dr. Reed touring zoo with others - Leaning over railings to touch cages, shot of Carnivora house and restaurant; 1954 - Armadillo with keeper (probably not NZP); camels (Florida?); 1960 - Africa, U.S.A. animal park: Asses, zebra, ostrich (b&w film); zebra, Budweiser brewery, eland, men lassoing camel (color); asses, zebra, ostrich (b&w); zebra, gaur (color); 1959 - Ostrich (b&w); 1960 - Antelopes, tour bus, elephant; 1960 - Men washing truck (location?) (b&w). Silent, color and b&w, 1600 feet, 44.4 minutes