Guinea pigs

United States, 1972

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Episode of Series “About Animals”.
Children learn that guinea pigs are affectionate animals who seem to like being with people and are easy to care for and handle. Basic facts about selective breeding are introduced as the children observe the varied colourings and markings of guinea pigs.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

David Gillis

production company

Xerox Corporation

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1972

Appears in

About Animals

Group of items

About Animals

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

321111

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Domestic animals

Animals & Wildlife → Pets

Childrens Films

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/68255--guinea-pigs/ |title=Guinea pigs |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=3 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}