Just look at this beautiful archive footage of Longleat Safari Park in the 1970s 🎬 Take a trip down memory lane with the hippos in the lake, the baboons and chimp island 🐒 | BBC Wiltshire

A little look back at what visiting Longleat would have been like in the early days of opening! 🦁 With our Safari Park's 60th anniversary coming up next year, Godfrey Chivers from Surrey shared this footage with us from a 1971 coach trip stop. It shows visitors picnicking by giraffes, the famous lions, and the boat cruise, and will be a part of displays for our anniversary celebrations. We would love to see your footage and photos from your trips in our early days, so please send any you have t