- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB newsfilm clips of Grant Park Zoo director Johnny Dilbeck commenting on an alligator that has been stolen from the zoo, and retrieving the alligator from the pool of the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 March 2
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dilbeck, Johnny, -1973
- Date of Original:
- 1960-03-02
- Subject:
- Alligators--Georgia--Atlanta
- People:
- Orr, Roger
Dilbeck, Johnny, -1973 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Grant Park, 33.73677, -84.37187 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB newsfilm clips from Atlanta, Georgia on March 2, 1960, Grant Park Zoo director Johnny Dilbeck comments on an alligator that has been stolen from the zoo, and the alligator is retrieved from the pool of the Biltmore Hotel.
The clips begin with a shot of an unidentified white male reporter and Grant Park Zoo director Johnny Dilbeck, who says, "If anyone knows about it, they should get in touch with someone and find out something or other about it before it got into something serious and --" Dilbeck is interrupted by the unidentified reporter who says, "And if it's - if it's up to the alligator it'll probably be a higher price than anyone's willing to pay." Dilbeck responds, "That's right, absolutely." From off camera, the reporter says, "Thank you, sir."
The clips cut to another shot of Johnny Dilbeck. From off camera, the reporter says, "Mr. Dilbeck, could you tell us something about this particular animal that was stolen?" Dilbeck says, "Well, this alligator is around six foot tall - six foot long and he will weigh around eighty pounds and he, when he's not bothered, he won't bother you, but, if you should get ahold of him and he get ahold of you, he'd be hard to get loose from. The alligator is twenty years old approximately, we've had it here in the zoo approximately two years and he's been stolen twice, this is the third time."
The clips cut to a shot of an unidentified white male, possibly Roger Orr, who admitted to kidnapping the alligator. He appears to be speaking, but there is no audio during this portion of the clips. The clips cut to a different angle of the room where the unidentified white male is seated. Two unidentified white males in police uniforms and another young unidentified white male are visible seated around a table. Again, those in the room appear to be speaking, however there is no audio during this portion of the clips. The clips cut again, to another angle of the unidentified white male who is possibly Roger Orr. Next, the clips cut to a shot of a group of four unidentified white males who are seated at a table.
The clips then cut to a group of unidentified males and females who stand outside of a brick building which may be the Biltmore Hotel. Some members of the group are crouching, and a covered pool is visible in the foreground of the shot. The clips cut to an alligator which is being held by Johnny Dilbeck and an unidentified white male and has rope wrapped around its snout. The clips cut to a group of four unidentified white males and one female who appear to be watching the removal of the alligator from above. The clips cut to Dilbeck and an unidentified white male lifting the alligator into the back of a truck, where another unidentified white male receives the alligator. Next, the alligator is seen lying in the back of the truck on its back, and an unidentified white male rubs the alligator's belly.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: The Atlanta Constitution, 3 Mar. 1960:1. Web. 8 May 2020. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn42528
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn42528
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn42528
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42528/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn42528, Series of WSB newsfilm clips of Grant Park Zoo director Johnny Dilbeck commenting on an alligator that has been stolen from the zoo, and retrieving the alligator from the pool of the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 March 2, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0937, 2:18/04:36, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 2 mins., 18 secs.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
