Pelicans at the Zoo

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Pelicans at the Zoo
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  • 1898 (1898)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language Silent

Pelicans at the Zoo is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, produced by British Mutoscope & Biograph Company, featuring pelicans being released for feeding into their enclosure at London Zoological Gardens. The film was part of a series, with Elephants at the Zoo , which were one of the earliest examples of animal life on film. [1]

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  1. "Pelicans at the Zoo". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 25 May 2011.