Pregnant Dolphin (1968)

Flamingo Park Zoo, Yorkshire. A pregnant dolphin called Captain is seen swimming around in a pool at Flamingo Park Zoo. Narrator explains that no-one in Britain has yet reared a dolphin. C/Us of pills being inserted into herrings to be fed to Captain. To make sure that the fish loaded with “pregnancy pills“ are given to Captain and not any of the male dolphins the vet has to turn frogman and get under the water to feed the Dolphin by hand. Cuts exist - see other record. 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 f