Children’s Zoo Opens AKA Children’s Zoo (1947)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown. London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London (?) MS and CU Two small girls feeding lambs from a bottle at the opening day of the Children’s Zoo (in Regent’s Park, London ?). (3 shots). MS Exterior view of the entrance to the Zoo showing the name over the gates. CU A cockatoo bouncing energetically on its perch. MS Side view of Jeanne de Casalis (in a fur coat) speaking from a platform into a mike (lip movement only). MS Schoolchildren in the audience listening to her. LS Children being taken for rides on ponies, led by girls in jodhpurs. CU A keeper with the cockatoo on his arm, children stroking the bird. CU A young boy being held by parent. CU A baby in the arms of his father. MS A small crowd of British schoolchildren, waiting to hear her speech. MS Jeanne de Casalis coming to the microphone. MS Two older women in hats speaking at the mike, laughing, one blows a kiss. CU Jeanne de Casalis holding a baby badger and a goat kid. (2 shots)