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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 8 mins Credits: Eric Bolderson
Subject: ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE FAMILY LIFE
Summary A film by Eric Bolderson of his family on a trip to Bell Vue Zoo.
Description
A film by Eric Bolderson of his family on a trip to Bell Vue Zoo.
The film opens with two women lighting cigarettes in the back of a car with a boy. Eric, who is sitting in the front, also lights a cigarette. The journey is filmed from the car. There is then a sign for 'Zoological Gardens'. They park up their Rover 90 (TNW 75), possibly driven by Eric's father. Inside the zoo a hippo shows his large mouth, and there are penguins, lions, and people feeding giraffes. The...
A film by Eric Bolderson of his family on a trip to Bell Vue Zoo.
The film opens with two women lighting cigarettes in the back of a car with a boy. Eric, who is sitting in the front, also lights a cigarette. The journey is filmed from the car. There is then a sign for 'Zoological Gardens'. They park up their Rover 90 (TNW 75), possibly driven by Eric's father. Inside the zoo a hippo shows his large mouth, and there are penguins, lions, and people feeding giraffes. The group then go into the Children's Zoo, where there are many decorated wooden replicas of the animals as well as a children's fun fair. A small Stephen is wrapped in a woolly outfit. Two boys ride on a miniature train. The return journey is also filmed from within the car.