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BBC

BBC Extreme Ironing

Hold onto your seat while BBC takes you on an adventurous Black Hills tour with dangerous ironing situations featuring South Dakota’s reptile park alligators and snakes, Black Hills caves, and some intense rock climbing.

Shelly

Grand Opening 1965

Enjoy the 1965 Grand Opening original footage of the popular reptile park as it first begins to mark history as one of the world’s finest tourist attractions.

       
Discovery

Movie Magic 1997

Watch as this 1997 version of Movie Magic features Hollywood snakes, a behind-the-scene look into filming a movie with the most dangerous snake in the world. The video shows the venomous Black Mamba in action, with footage provided by Reptile Gardens, the must-see family attraction.

Weather

Weather Channel 2001

Examine the clip of the Weather Channel featuring the reptile zoo’s alligator wrestling show, snake taming, and their famous Giant tortoise.

       
Shelly

Reptile Gardens Fire 1976

View the devastating upper-dome fire of 1976 aftermath that wrecked havoc on the Black Hills family attraction.

What's My Line

What’s My Line 1961

Watch as Thomas, an Alligator Wrestler at Reptile Gardens, stumps a panel as they attempt to guess his outrageous job at the Rapid City reptile zoo.

National Geographic NBC History
National Geographic NBC: Today Show History Channel: Fun Along the Highway
Travel CBS Disney
Travel Channel:  Road Trip CBS: This Morning Disney Channel: Going Wild
FX PBS
FX Channel: Breakfast Club PBS: Kratt's Creatures Outtakes from the James Bond movie Live and Let Die