Zoo Vet (1963)

Chessington Zoo, Kingston Upon Thames, London. A day in the life of a zoo vet. Shots of vet and Head Keeper, Jack Young, extracting a milk tooth from an elephant. Jack and the vet then turn their attention to the penguins. C/U of vet removing corn from penguin’s foot. Nice shots of penguins in their enclosure. Some cute shots of monkeys being given cough mixture. Shots of vet and Jack trying to persuade a tiger to place his hurt paws on a board with lotion on. C/Us of Jack and vet. Shots of Jack and vet spiking a herring with vitamin pills. C/U of Jack looking in medicine case. The herring is fed to a sea lion. Shots of pelicans in a pool. The vet and Jack take one bird from the enclosure and vet remove a lollipop stick wedged in the bird’s throat. Shots of vet attending to baby hippo. The hippo is then sprayed with a hose. FILM ID:229.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTE