<I>Morning Zoo </I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: label: Produced by
content: FilmFair Communications, American, 1968 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, American, founded 1916
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title Morning Zoo. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: San Diego County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Nature
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.36.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: children's films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 10 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 350 Feet