Ein Besuch im Zoo 1958
Maker: Hoffman Family
Date Made: 1958
Country: German Democratic Republic
Materials: 8mm; silent; color
Duration: 13:19
Collection/Series: Hoffman Home Movie Collection
Accession Number: 2009.032.010
Home movie from East Germany. Handwritten title card “Ein Besuch im Zoo 1958” (A Visit to the Zoo, 1958). Views of a parrot and monkeys. Daughter and son pass by camera wearing sunglasses; close-up of mother’s face. Father, in suit and sunglasses, walks slowly towards camera, followed by daughter and son. A bear paces in its enclosure. Polar bears pace, swim, and dive into water. Close-up of male deer with antlers. Views of spotted deer (possibly Indian axis deer) horned sheep, boar with striped babies nursing, Indian and various other cattle, giraffe, dromedaries, camel, llama, elephants, tigers. Elephants perform tricks with trainer and zoo visitors. Views of kangaroos, a camel and its baby, a male peacock, ducks, storks, seal or sea lion, female lions, sleeping tiger, ostriches, llamas, emu, and zebra. A red squirrel eats from a person’s hand. Handwritten title card “Ende!” (The End!).