Zoo Aka Zoo Census (1940)

Zoo census. London zoo. Various shots of keeper Mr Hugh Pilcher walking around London Zoo making a note of the number of bears, wolves, camels, snakes, iguanas, parrots, penguins, fleas, monkeys and lions in the pens and cages. Several good C/U’s and M/S’s of the animals. They think one of the lions might have escaped. C/U cameraman running past the monkey cage with his camera and tripod over his shoulder. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the Brit