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Washington Park Zoo

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Month/Day/Year: October 4, 1950

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of animals at the Washington Park Zoo. Featured are Paul, the 28-year-old Kodiak bear, a ten-week-old water buffalo, and a two-month-old porcupine.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.

Month/Day/Year: October 18, 1950

Segment Number: 10

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. One of the baby gorillas at the Washington Park Zoo is fed a bottle by a nurse. A large group of children and adults watched the gorilla (either Sambo or Samson) eat.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #1.

Month/Day/Year: November 29, 1950

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of Sambo, one of the baby gorillas at the Washington Park Zoo, sitting at a table eating some fruit from a plate. Short clip of the cameraman wearing a mask to protect the gorilla from any infections.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.

Month/Day/Year: December 27, 1950

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Milwaukee winter weather is shown as three polar bears from the Washington Park Zoo play in the snow, a police officer directs traffic , and someone cleans the sidewalk outside the Pabst Brewery. Also includes views of the snow-covered lakeshore, people skiing and tobogganing, and ice skating at Currie Park.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.

Month/Day/Year: January 31, 1951

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of six-week-old leopard cub at the Washington Park Zoo.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #3.

Month/Day/Year: February 28, 1951

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A crowd of people stand by the polar bear exhibit at the Washington Park Zoo hoping to see the new polar bear cub. The cub makes a very brief appearance. His mother, Sultana, does stay outside longer for the crowd.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #24.

Month/Day/Year: April 11, 1951

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Zookeeper Bill Ehr feeds the alligators at the Washington Park Zoo. The hippos are also fed.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #4.

Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1951

Segment Number: 13

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Robert, the audad, is given special attention at the Washington Park Zoo. Only a month old, he was abandoned by his mother and suffered a separated cartilage in a fall. Zoo attendant Raleigh Hubbard feeds Robert a bottle.

Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: May 9, 1951

Segment Number: 20

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Karonga the rhino and Bomba the giraffe get to go outside for the first time in 1951 at the Washington Park Zoo. Michael Lynch watched Karonga while Harold Borkenhagen offered Bomba some bananas.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: May 16, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The new polar bear cub and its mother, Sultana, enjoy some time outside at the Washington Park Zoo. The cub is reluctant to follow its mother into the water.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.

Month/Day/Year: May 30, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of Kodiak bear at the Washington Park Zoo playing in the water and with a rock. A polar bear jumps into the water and an elan keeps a close eye on its baby.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #17.

Month/Day/Year: June 13, 1951

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A large group of adults and children watch as the monkeys are brought back to Monkey Island at the Washington Park Zoo.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #17.

Month/Day/Year: June 20, 1951

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. 40,000 people toured the Washington Park Zoo on its opening day for 1951. Mayor Zeidler, Lawrence Timmerman, and WA Roberts spoke. Chimps and ponies performed. Shorty the lion was seen while gorillas, Samson and Sambo, played with their nurse Edith Scott. See script for more names.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #17.

Month/Day/Year: July 11, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Washington Park Zoo and the Milwaukee County Park Commission teamed up to bring some animals to parks, orphanages, and children's homes during the summer. Kids at Sherman Park look at some foxes. See script for names.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: July 18, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the new additions to the Washington Park Zoo. Babies were born in the aoudad herd, the fallow deer herd and the elk herd. There were also a number of ducklings born.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: July 25, 1951

Segment Number: 1

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Momba and Bomba, the giraffes at the Washington Park Zoo, welcome a baby girl giraffe. She is seen with Momba. Keeper Harold Borkenhagen checks on the mother and baby.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: August 8, 1951

Segment Number: 11

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Children watch the guinea pigs at the Washington Park Zoo. The guinea pigs have an outside enclosure with several small houses to explore. A keeper holds one for the children to pet.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; the script has been lost. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: August 8, 1951

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Washington Park Zoo keeper Fred Schultz tosses pieces of apples to Rosy the bear and the other bears. The polar bears are also treated to some apples.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #18.

Month/Day/Year: August 29, 1951

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of two bear cubs at the Washington Park Zoo.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #19.

Month/Day/Year: October 3, 1951

Segment Number: 11

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Washington Park Zoo keeper Mike Dybalski fed Christie, the zoo's new male moose. Christie came from Ontario, Canada and joins Harriet, the moose, at the zoo.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #19.

Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1951

Segment Number: 6

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. WTMJ's Gordon Hinckley spent the morning on Monkey Island at the Washington Park Zoo to pay off a bet to Hig Murray. Along with Zoo Director George Speidel, Murray gave away a goat.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.

Month/Day/Year: October 24, 1951

Segment Number: 4

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Washington Park Zoo Director George Speidel and other zoo keepers try to herd the monkeys on Monkey Island into cages so they can be taken to their winter quarters. The men are not completely successful in their efforts.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.

Month/Day/Year: November 21, 1951

Segment Number: 2

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Washington Park Zoo has its annual turkey exhibit set up for Thanksgiving. The turkeys relax in their safe surroundings.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #20.

Month/Day/Year: January 23, 1952

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the jaguar cubs delivered to the Washington Park Zoo from the Cleveland Zoo.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: March 12, 1952

Segment Number: 11

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the new elk at the Washington Park Zoo. The elk were brought in from Yellowstone Park to add new blood to the herd which has been affected by breeding in captivity.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: May 14, 1952

Segment Number: 5

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. A pair of female Bengal tigers were flown to Milwaukee from the Bronx Zoo. They are seen as their crates were unloaded from the plane. Washington Park Zoo Director George Speidel was there to greet them.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1952

Segment Number: 12

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Fifteen keepers at the Washington Park Zoo released 68 rhemus monkeys onto Monkey Island for the summer season.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: July 16, 1952

Segment Number: 10

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The bears at the Washington Park Zoo were treated to big blocks of ice with carp frozen inside during the hot weather.

Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.

Month/Day/Year: September 3, 1952

Segment Number: 8

Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Racine, the new baby zebra at the Washington Park Zoo, is seen with its mother Molly. The baby's father is a zebra at the zoo in Racine.