Sick Chimp (1953)

No titles. Poplar, London. C/Us of empty milk bottles, apples, oranges and bananas. Various shots show animal trainer Jessie Howes preparing and feeding gruel to a chimpanzee in an oxygen tent. The chimp, Mickey, is recovering from pneumonia. Jessie feeds Mickey with a spoon through a flap in the tent. Another woman appears with another chimp, Pip (or Pep?), who is here to visit his sick brother Mickey. He pats on the oxygen tent and pokes Mickey through it. Note: these chimps are from the Robert Brothers’ Circus. Cutting on file. 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 includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (19