1948 | Venezuela | Archival

Curioseando en la Selva

  • Spanish - 31 mins
  • Director | Jocelyn Crane, Julia Knowlton
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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The Department of Tropical Research's first sound film, a summary of their wildlife field work in Venezuela, intended for a Venezuelan juvenile audience and produced by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, owned by ESSO Standard Oil. There is no known English language version of this film. Includes introduction in Spanish by William Beebe. The following film is presented courtesy of Dr. Beebe, director of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society, who with his collaborators Miss Jocelyn Crane, and research zoologist Mr. Henry Fleming, entomologist has made four long visits to Venezuela. The Creole Petroleum Corporation is pleased to have had the opportunity to cooperate with Dr. Beebe and his investigations and studies of the Venezuelan fauna. We gratefully acknowledge the public kindness that has been shown with the following entertaining scenes.

Zoological Research Entomology Fauna Studies Ecological Education Documentary Natural History
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