An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of a trip by the South Middlesbrough Cub Scouts to Flamingo Park near Malton in North Yorkshire. The Cubs travel by coach and arrive at the park where the pack Akela organises a picnic before heading into the park where they look at various birds and animals in cages. They watch a parrot show as well as 'Cuddles' the Killer Whale perform in a pool. A Boy Scout holds up a series of handmade title cards. Title: South Middlesbrough Cub...

An amateur film produced by Maurice Brunton of a trip by the South Middlesbrough Cub Scouts to Flamingo Park near Malton in North Yorkshire. The Cubs travel by coach and arrive at the park where the pack Akela organises a picnic before heading into the park where they look at various birds and animals in cages. They watch a parrot show as well as 'Cuddles' the Killer Whale perform in a pool. A Boy Scout holds up a series of handmade title cards. Title: South Middlesbrough Cub Scouts Title: Zoo Quest Title: To Flamingos Park Credit: Organiser B. Tate(?) Credit: Photographed by M.G. Brunton A phantom bus ride along a country road is followed by the Boy Scouts getting off the bus in a lay-by. Back on the bus the boys wave at a second bus following behind, they pass a sign for Flamingo Park. The boys get off the bus and in groups have a picnic in a field watched over by a number of adults. Inside the park the boys look at various caged animals including chimpanzees, penguins and a Great Condor which flaps about in its cage. A number of Boy Scouts, as well as a Brownie, buy sweets from a stall. Pink flamingos parade around their enclosure followed by views of curious King Penguins who come right up to the fence. Deer feed from troughs and a keeper cleans a wild cat enclosure, the animals at the other end of the cage, an otter look out from its cage. A man brings out a baby Orangutan followed by views of giraffes then, in their enclosure, brown and polar bears. The boys sit down and enjoy a show of performing parrots and macaws, a Cockatoo wears a pair of skates. Writing on a wall reads ‘Flamingo Park Dolphin Marina’ is followed by a view of a dolphin swimming in a pool. Another sign reads ‘Cuddles the Killer Whale Flown from Seattle 20-11-66'. Cuddles performs with a female trainer in a large pool watched by a crowd including some of the Boy Scouts. Back outside some of the boys watch a baby elephant walk around its enclosure followed by its mother. In another cage is a giant tortoise. The film ends with the Boy Scouts leaving the park and the boy seen at the start now holding a final card. End title: The end