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  • Wild Animals in Captivity (1911)
  • Short | Documentary, Short
Wild Animals in Captivity (1911)
Short | Documentary, Short
Their care and treatment in one of America's finest zoos, Lincoln Park, Chicago. In importance, magnitude and value, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, is second to none in America. Covering several acres of ground in one of the finest ...See moreTheir care and treatment in one of America's finest zoos, Lincoln Park, Chicago. In importance, magnitude and value, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, is second to none in America. Covering several acres of ground in one of the finest municipal parks in America, its collection of rare animals, birds, etc., is widely known throughout the world as one of great value Among the most important features of this zoo, in which it eclipses all others, it its herd of buffalo, or American bison, of which it has the largest herd in the world. The Essanay film is exceptionally interesting in that its treatment of the subject is made novel and unusually entertaining in certain novel features never photographed in motion pictures before. We are shown a surgical operation on a three-months-old Siberian camel. We see the poison fangs of a giant python snake, measuring fourteen feet in length, removed from the immense jaws of the reptile, while it requires all the strength of four or five men to hold it. We also see the clipping of the claws of Prince Roland, an African lion, a variety of manicure work which would not prove very alluring to the average nail-trimmer. Among the many animals seen in the film are the following: moose, elk, yak, elephant, zebra, camels, buffaloes, lions, tigers, leopard, sea lions, birds and fowl of all kinds, reptiles, monkeys, etc. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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May 16, 1911 (United States)

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