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Summary An amateur film produced by Ken Leckenby of a visit to the Welsh Mountain Zoo near Colwyn Bay in North Wales. While their Ken records California Sea lions performing for the crowds as well as a display of falconry with a tawney eagle. Indian elephants and a macaw also feature in this presentation.
Description
An amateur film produced by Ken Leckenby of a visit to the Welsh Mountain Zoo near Colwyn Bay in North Wales. While their Ken records California Sea lions performing for the crowds as well as a display of falconry with a tawney eagle. Indian elephants and a macaw also feature in this presentation.
Title: A Magnetic Sound Stripe Film. Cine-Sync Sound System
Title: KL Films Present
Title: The Welsh Mountain Zoo
From a lookout point at the Welsh Mountain Zoo the Colwyn Valley below with the...
An amateur film produced by Ken Leckenby of a visit to the Welsh Mountain Zoo near Colwyn Bay in North Wales. While their Ken records California Sea lions performing for the crowds as well as a display of falconry with a tawney eagle. Indian elephants and a macaw also feature in this presentation.
Title: A Magnetic Sound Stripe Film. Cine-Sync Sound System
Title: KL Films Present
Title: The Welsh Mountain Zoo
From a lookout point at the Welsh Mountain Zoo the Colwyn Valley below with the town of Colwyn Bay in the distance. In their enclosure California Sea lions entertaining visitors by performing tricks including leaping through a hoop being held by their keeper who throws them fish as a rewards. In another enclosure an Indian elephant with calf wonders about scooping up food from the ground with its trunk.
A sign points visitors towards the various enclosures around the zoo changes to a brightly coloured and noisy macaw sitting in a tree and on a perch. On another perch an Andean condor which jumps down to the ground; string is attached to one of its legs preventing it from flying away. On another perch a buzzard which jumps into the air floating for a moment in the wind.
As part of a falconer display a tawney eagle is releases and it flies high in the sky before returning to is handler. A crowd behind a barrier watches the display with interest. The film ends on another view out across the Colwyn Valley from the lookout point.
Title: Welsh Mountain Zoo Colwyn Bay
Credit: Commentary by George Duncan
Produced by Ken Leckenby
End title: The end. A ‘KL’ Film Production