Orangutan "Heavy Lamarr"

This is a brief Christmastime segment from the television show "Zoo Time" featuring a 350 lb. orangutan at Henry Doorly Zoo, called "Heavy Lamarr." While standing in front of the orangutan enclosure, the host of KETV television, Mike May, and W. Thomas have a jovial chat about the orangutan and her weight difficulties. The segment includes entertaining footage of Heavy Lamarr sitting on a scale to be weighed, her boyfriend Foo, and two additional unidentified orangutans interacting. This TV show is referred to as Zoo Time in color at the end of the segment., The original film reel was digitized by Universal Information Services in 2015., UNO Libraries' Archives & Special Collections, 00:02:02
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Abstract/Description: This is a brief Christmastime segment from the television show "Zoo Time" featuring a 350 lb. orangutan at Henry Doorly Zoo, called "Heavy Lamarr." While standing in front of the orangutan enclosure, the host of KETV television, Mike May, and W. Thomas have a jovial chat about the orangutan and her weight difficulties. The segment includes entertaining footage of Heavy Lamarr sitting on a scale to be weighed, her boyfriend Foo, and two additional unidentified orangutans interacting. This TV show is referred to as Zoo Time in color at the end of the segment.
Subject(s): Nebraska
Omaha (Neb.)
Zoos
Animals
Motion pictures
Visual works
Films
Videos
Digital moving image formats
Date Created: circa 1965-1970

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