Pelicans at the Zoo (1898)

Directed by

William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a very early silent film. It shows pelicans being let into their space at the London Zoo to eat.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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