Rota The Lion (1943)

Rota the lion. London zoo. C/U sign “beware lion“. C/U of Rota in his cage, M/S showing the cage is in the garden of a house in Pinner. M/S of Rota who is now in London zoo, Mr and Mrs Thompson, his former owners, stroke and tickle him through the bars. He paws at a stick with meat on the end. Various shots as he is fed. They have given him to Winston Churchill as a gift because they think the two are similar! FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on th