Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Morning Zoo
ca. 1971
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary short with the title Morning Zoo. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Filmed at the San Francisco Zoo, the documentary shows the animals and their keepers interacting. One worker describes the morning routine as she bathes a baby animal, grooms a young elephant and bathes a young chimpanzee.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.36.1a