Brown Bears Go Fishing/ Learning About Bears/ The Playful Pandas (3 films)

Year Published: 195519601975

Creator: Coronet Encyclopedia Britannica Coronet

Complete Record: 1. Shows the behavior of various kinds of bears and portrays several Alaskan brown bears catching salmon in a stream. Pictures a mother taking her cubs swimming and catching fish for them. Stresses the words ‘cubs, ‘black bears’, ‘fishing’, and ‘wading’ and concludes with a mild bear fight. 2. Points out that bears are essentially wild animals, identifies and locates the habitats of several varieties of bears throughout the world; and describes the common habits and characteristics of bears. Shows the mother bear teaching her cubs how to find food and about their natural enemies. As winter approaches the mother finds a shelter where she and her cubs can hibernate; but in the spring the cubs go off on their own when their mother leaves them to raise a new family. 3. Opening scenes show carpenters building a special place at the National Zoo for Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, the rollicking pandas from China. Later, the two pandas delight other animals and the viewing audience with their comical antics. They are especially frolicsome when snow falls and they have a snow person to play with.