Winston Churchill At Zoo (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates or locations unclear or unknown. Cuts for newsreel 47/74. London Zoo. Several shots of Winston Churchill feeding ’Digger’, the albino kangaroo sent to him from South Australia. Churchill rather gingerly holds out some food to the creature, then makes a speech before a microphone. 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 the British Pathé website.