The Apes

Year Published: 1976

Complete Record: Here’s a film that’s great as a science lesson and especially valuable before and after a trip to the zoo. “The Apes” is a realistic, live action film showing four kinds of apes: the gibbon, the chimpanzee, the orangutan and the gorilla. Ape behavior and characteristics are compared to those of humans with similarities and differences noted. The concept that apes are becoming endangered species is included.