Walking birds
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Gregory-Hellman Transvall Expedition, 1938. Shot at the Johannesburg Zoological Park by William King Gregory, curator in the AMNH Department of Comparative and Human Anatomy, and Milo Hellman, AMNH anthropologist, Walking Birds has the feel of a home movie. Some of the walking birds seen are emus, wattled cranes, ostriches, marabou storks, secretary birds, and crowned cranes. The making of this film was unrelated to Gregory and Hellman's purpose for visiting South Africa, which was to study fossil hominids during the AMNH Gregory-Hellman Transvaal Expedition.
Dates
- 1938
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Not available through interlibrary loan. Contact AMNH Library Special Collections for terms of access.
Extent
1 Film Reel (5 minutes) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm.
1 Videocassette (U-Matic (5 minutes)) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy
General
Original format: 16 mm. print.
General
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1140448
General
William King Gregory, photographer.
- Title
- Walking birds, 1938
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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