Baby Elephant (1949)

Baby Elephant arrives, London. M/S Cameraman and officials standing around. L/S BOAC (British Overseas Airways Company) York plane landing M/S Group of BOAC hostesses. M/S BOAC York plane taxing. Various shots of the baby elephant from plane, being examined and greeted by George Cansdale, Superintendent of the Zoo, and is then bundled into a lorry. L/S Zoological Society lorry entering London Zoo. L/S Flamingos. M/S Baby elephant being unloaded from van. M/S Lioness in cage. M/S Peacock. M/S Ape. L/S Dumbo being led into elephant house. Amendment February 2012: A visitor to the website has provided some more information. The plane is not an Avro York but an Avro Lancastrian. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which inclu