Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Pathe
10769
SR002419_01_03.mov
7/1/1936
Elephant seal is released into pool at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL
Men push large cage up to edge of pool, crowd watching / two shots of man on top of cage and man next to cage luring seal out of cage by dangling fish in front of it / another seal climbs up on slide where fish has dropped and eats it / same seal eats another fish that has dropped onto slide / three shots of seal attacking cameraman on rocks, another man fights it off with long pole / two shots of men tilting cage on edge of pool with elephant seal inside it and prodding him with poles / elephant seal slides into water and swims around in pool / head of elephant seal on edge of rocks, seagull moving away from it / people in crowd on edge of pool attracting attention of elephant seal / shot from behind of people standing at edge of pool looking in, large rock in pool visible / three shots of elephant seal swimming in pool / man standing on edge of pool feeds fish to elephant seal / elephant seal swims up to edge of pool as someone dangles handkerchief at it / elephant seal swims away / Note: exact day not known
United States
Illinois
Brookfield

Keywords

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Brookfield Zoo
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eating
attacks
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swimming
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