Harry Mantel’s Vignettes: Monkeys
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Set to a jazzy soundtrack, this short film captures a monkey habitat at a Chicago zoo. Includes scenes of visitors admiring the monkeys and their activities.
Credits
Harry Mantel (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Harry Mantel Collection
Notes: The footage presents a group of bystanders, positioned outside the fence, observing the rambunctious group of monkeys. The footage not only captures the monkeys playing about the enclosure but also depicts brief close-up shots of onlookers and other zoo patrons walking nearby.
Subjects: Zoos; Animals
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 115 feet; Distribution Print, 115 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16636; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16652
Notes: The footage presents a group of bystanders, positioned outside the fence, observing the rambunctious group of monkeys. The footage not only captures the monkeys playing about the enclosure but also depicts brief close-up shots of onlookers and other zoo patrons walking nearby.
Subjects: Zoos; Animals
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 115 feet; Distribution Print, 115 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16636; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16652
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:09