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1936 QUIRKY / EDUCATION: Audio recordings of zoo animals made for use in schools
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1:42Now PlayingDate: 18th June 1936
Location: ZOO, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London:
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**Original commentary overlaid throughout SOT**
Close shots of various animals including cockatoo at microphone, pelican squawking, chimpanzees fighting over microphone and zookeeper attempting to record lion's roar / General views of sea lion pond and recording van (caravan) behind / Close shot of sea lion barking / Keeper throwing fish into pool for sea lion as talks to him SOT / Soundman in caravan tells keeper that was OK SOT PAN to Julian Huxley (then Secretary of the Zoological Society of London) / Huxley talking about reasons behind audio recording project SOT / Good shots of sound engineer cleaning vinyl record plates on sound recording equipment (Chrome Steel Matrix) then putting the matrix into the printing machine / Good shots of sound engineer printing out records of animal noises on card including records on card and records being placed in sleeves / General view of classroom (teacher wearing academic gown) with boys listening to record SOT / General view of young boy pupils in striped blazers sitting at desks incudng one boy closng up his record sleeve / General view of boy at home sneakily putting record on radiogram (not seen) / Father asleep in armchair with newspaper on lap as woken by animal noise (growling lions) and shouts 'What the Dickens?' SOT / Close shot of angry face of father.
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