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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

8609

Title

SOME ZOO FRIENDS, A DAY IN CAMP, SWITZERLAND 1954

Producer

Tom Watson

Date

1949/54

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

14 mins 3 secs

Description

A compilation of three films. The first features animals in Manchester and Edinburgh zoos; the second is a record of a day in camp made by the 7th Heriot scout troop, and shows the boys getting up, packing their kit bags, chopping wood, cooking, and swimming. The final film is a tour of Switzerland, with visits to Berne and Geneva as well as mountain scenery, lakes and waterfalls.

 

 



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