Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: F-A5107

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00:00:10 4.37	B&W Poster Maps of Africa, from the 1930's
00:00:14 7.86	Opening title card scrolling up reads: These pictures were taken in Kenya Colony as a record of our trip and to acquaint people interested in Africa with wild life as it really is. Our outfit leaves Al Klein's house bound for...to meet for the first time the King of Beasts..."Simba"
00:00:51 45.04	Title card: Our Native "Boys" pack the outfit. Looking back from the hill above Nairobi...parted from Civilization we are now to see African life.
00:01:15 69.18	B&W footage, pan "white men" hunters with safari hats and clothing, gathered around a string of vintage cars circa 1930s ready for trip, as well as village people. All seem to be waiting as camera pans the scene. no audio.
00:01:37 90.94	Group of four white men hunters in safari clothes and safari hats, standing talking amongst themselves.
00:01:46 100.57	Title card: "Our "Boys" fill in a recently washed out road so we can proceed."
00:02:07 121.23	Several men are seen digging, vigorously shoveling out dirt from a huge pit in a washed out road.
00:02:32 146.75	A string of vintage cars driving along heavily rutted dirt road, that was recently filled in so they can move forward/1
00:02:38 151.91	Vintage automobiles caravanning across the African plain.
00:02:57 170.79	Automobiles driving along rough terrain, followed by other hunters and African native helpers. Man gets in slowly moving automobile, African man assists then shoves car forward.
00:03:01 175.35	Title card: We are wondering where all the lions are when one of the gun bearers exclaims, - "Simba!" and we see them at last.
00:03:19 193.38	wide shot grainy footage, two lions in the wild
00:03:27 201.16	grainy shot of coyote running across the African plains.
00:03:35 209.55	Title card: Game in big quantities makes its appearance the second day out. Al Klein and Donald Ker acquaint us with the various types of animals.
00:03:47 221.74	Title card: The Thompson Gazelle...called "Tommie". Their tails wiggle incessantly.
00:03:58 232.19	Wide shot of a herd of Gazelle grazing on the African plain, tails can be seen wiggling.
00:04:20 254.22	Title card: Herds of game such as these are seen frequently on the Plains.
00:04:33 267.23	long grainy shot - a large herd of animals are barely seen running across the plain.
00:04:48 282.66	Title card: Al's black serval cat.
00:04:53 287.1	an African hunter holding up a stiff dead black "serval" cat by its head and tail.
00:05:03 296.76	wide shot herd of animals can be barely seen out on the plain
00:05:09 302.91	Title card: "Gingering" a Tommie. The native religion decrees that the meat cannot be eaten unless it is killed in this manner.
00:05:18 312.36	A native man is seen cutting open the carcass of a Thompson Gazelle as hunters look on.
00:05:27 321.62	African man holding up a gazelle by its horns
00:05:31 325.48	Title card: A locust flight...altho this flight is five miles long and a mile wide it is considered a small one.
00:05:50 343.83	pan of the flight of thousands and thousands of birds in flight, looking like moving dots moving in the sky
00:06:38 392.48	title card: These three inch insects destroy every bit of green in their path and their weight on a tree often breaks its branches.
00:06:52 406.69	Man in hunting clothes and safari hat running in the field through millions of locusts, birds in flight cloud the sky
00:07:08 422.65	title card: our first camp and panorama of African country south of Nairobi.
00:07:20 433.92	Pan of campsite, tents amongst the trees
00:07:40 453.82	Pan of the African plains
00:08:03 477.47	very grainy blurry shot of an animal looks like a deer, a steinbok, standing straight up then prances away quickly
00:08:12 486.57	Three hunters sitting under a tree, having lunch, one looking out with binoculars and his rifle nearby
00:08:17 491	Hunters sitting with a gigantic dead lion, holding its head
00:08:29 502.83	cu shots of dead lion, looks like he's merely leeping, hope not!
00:08:40 514.09	Group of hunters walking through grassy area appear to be following tracks.
00:08:43 517.22	A dead Gazelle
00:08:53 527.24	Men around a fire, burning dead animal.
00:09:07 540.82	Title card: Al's Eland. the biggest of the Antelope family, weighing about 1300 pounds.
00:09:19 552.91	Men looking at gigantic dead Eland Antelope lying on the ground. Men moving this gigantic animal. Holding it up by its antlers.
00:09:42 576.61	A group of Vultures sitting in a tree.
00:09:51 585.69	Title card: Shooting and skinning a Zebra. Vultures circle overhead as usual. In African one animal is another's prey.
00:09:59 593.51	Hunter (shot from behind) pointing, aiming and shooting a rifle.
00:10:05 599.37	A large dead zebra on the ground, hunters staring down at it, they pat it, pick up its head, then appear to be skinning it. UGH
00:10:20 614.17	A flock of vultures can be seen on the plain in the distance
00:10:29 623.4	close up on flock of vultures eating away at the carcass of a dead animal (zebra) a feeding frenzy. so many vultures picnicking you can't see the dead animal
00:10:43 637.23	Title card: We return thirty minutes later and this is what is left of the zebra.
00:10:53 647.15	shots of dead zebra carcass. what's left after vultures feasted on it.
00:10:58 652.78	A dead animal on the ground. A rifle leaning against its body. A man comes along and attempts to move the body then walks away
00:11:18 671.89	Title card. Close-Up of Topi and Wildebeest.
00:11:24 678.41	wide shot of a herd of Wildebeest.
00:11:30 684.48	Title card: Herd of 200 Eland, most of them cows.
00:11:39 693.62	Herd of several hundred Eland running across the plain. Wide shot, grainy, they are in the distance and barely seen.
00:12:07 720.95	Title card: Hippo in Mara River
00:12:22 736.16	Jumpy grainy footage shot through trees, hippos, barely seen, are swimming in a river.
00:12:38 752.13	Title card: The waterbuck near the Mara River. As their name implies, they are always found near water.
00:13:01 774.94	Grainy and jumpy footage of African Antelope aka Waterbuck.
00:13:38 812.39	Nice shot of antelope with huge rack of horns peaking out of the dark foliage.
00:13:54 828.66	Title card: A camer shy lioness and her full grown club.
00:14:15 849.33	Grainy footage and in the distance of a lion with her cub running and frolicking in the African wilderness
00:14:39 873.25	Long shot of the lion standing still in the dark
00:14:48 881.92	Title card: Breakfast after which the "boys" break camp and we move.
00:15:03 897.48	Dinnertime in camp. Dinner table set up inside tent, white tablecloth, lots of dishes, white people sitting and eating, "Native" African man serving.
00:15:30 924.55	Pan hunters standing around in camp in the woods, large tent is seen.
00:15:49 942.77	Pan hunters standing around and loading various vintage hunting vehicles, jeeps, etc.
00:16:21 974.95	Title card: Pitching camp where we got five Buffalos in three days.
00:16:33 986.83	Pan rugged campground, tents and parked vehicles, people can be seen carrying things, keeping busy, African natives helping to pitch tents
00:17:22 1036.15	Pan African countryside, mountains, foliage.
00:17:34 1047.84	Man standing next to gigantic dead buffalo
00:17:38 1052.21	Title cards. Note the shots needed to kill this old bull. It took nine shot in the neck and shoulders to bring him down.
00:17:56 1069.87	More close ups of large dead buffalo. Hunter standing leaning proudly by the dead animal.
00:18:12 1086.11	Hunters and African natives standing around dead buffalo, they now begin to cut the animal up.
00:18:22 1096.25	Close up African man skinning dead buffalo. yuck
00:18:46 1120.14	Vintage hunting jeep driving through the brush. Circa 1930's
00:18:47 1121.59	Title card: A little large practice with our big gun
00:18:55 1129.44	Several shots, White man hunter in safari clothes and hat pointing, aiming rifle and shoots
00:19:22 1155.95	Target practice. Hunter in foreground sitting on ground, aiming at target box, shoots several times. Large explodes , water splashing
00:19:30 1164	Small herd of Southern Giraffe standing around tree. Suddenly they run off.
00:19:53 1187.13	More shots, though grainy, of herd of giraffe out on the plain
00:20:05 1198.94	Title card: Sand River - nine miles above our camp
00:20:14 1207.83	Scenic shots of Sand River in Africa, windy day
00:20:30 1224.08	Woman walking toward camera holding cute baby monkey
00:20:41 1234.99	Wide shots, "Blue" monkeys on rocks at river
00:20:51 1245.44	Title card: Al's Leopard
00:20:58 1252.21	Close up shot of a beautiful but dead Leopard.
00:21:04 1258.06	Man walks over to dead leopard and plays with his tail, pets its head and body
00:21:31 1284.91	Herds of animals running along the plain. too distant to tell what they are
00:21:39 1293.65	Title card: Al gets his Southern Grantie...much like a Tommie but larger. The Northern Grantie has a narrower spread.
00:21:53 1306.9	Wide shot. Two men in the barren African plain aiming rifles then stop and run toward shoot.
00:21:59 1313.43	Large dead animal like a gazelle (a "Southern Grantie"), beautiful horns, lying alone in the barren African plain.
00:22:16 1330.11	Vultures flying, landing on the plain, one by one.
00:22:26 1340.06	Title card: Some Massi native women...very dirty and one of the most hopeless tribes in East Africa.
00:22:38 1351.78	A tribe of native Maasai ethnic group inhabiting East Africa, sitting together on the ground. Quick shot of a frugal primitive hut, a dog walking about. The natives appear to be looking toward the camera.
00:23:02 1376.2	Pan of the African plain and extremely frugal huts where these primitive natives live in their village.
00:23:32 1406.35	Close up of a pretty native Maasai African Indian, looking straight at the camera, smiling, her arms covered in bracelets.
00:23:37 1411.62	More native female Maasai Indians. Dressed primitively, wearing many bracelets and big long earrings, they laugh .
00:23:58 1431.83	various shots of the Maasai in their primitive village and surroundings.
00:24:06 1439.82	White man hunters sitting at table in tent, while the native African men are seen cleaning rifles.
00:24:29 1463.32	Pan of the large campground, many large tents and vintage jeeps and vehicles parked
00:24:45 1479.65	Title card: We return to Nairobi. Turning northward we say Good-by to the Kydong Valley.
00:25:01 1495.21	Panoramic scenic shot of the Kydong Valley in Africa.
00:25:16 1509.89	Vintage cars lined uplike a caravan by side of the road. People standing and walking about.
00:25:54 1547.93	Close up flowing river with small but raging waterfall, "white water"
00:26:14 1568.26	Wide shot, foggy and grainy, a camp - tents can be seen.
00:27:00 1614.2	Tables of people, eating "luxury" meal outdoors, women and men wearing hats, white table cloths, being served by waiters.
00:27:21 1635.39	People at work, appear to be taking down tents, packing cars, cleaning up
00:27:45 1659.19	Title card: Daddy's Rhino. The first one shot. Our "boys" crowd in on the congratulating.
00:28:04 1678.64	Huge dead Rhinoceros, two men standing proudly, patting the dead animal.
00:28:07 1680.9	close up - the head of dead rhino
00:28:19 1693.36	Herd of water buffalo barely can be seen moving slowly through the plain
00:28:53 1727.73	Man props up the head and holds up the paw of a dead lion.
00:29:35 1768.74	Two Rhinos in the distance. Grainy shaky footage.
00:31:02 1856.08	Title card: The Impala...most graceful animal in /africa. They travel about thirty feet in one jump.
00:31:19 1873.53	Impala in the distance, gracefully running, hopping, jumping about.
00:32:04 1918.02	People crossing a river. Moving a big tree out of the way.
00:32:36 1950.6	A Truck on the river embankment attempting to go across. Several men pulling rope attached to truck attempting to pull it across the river.
00:32:53 1967.41	Truck with people inside moving right across river, no problem.
00:33:05 1979.65	Large group of native Africans all wearing white, pulling truck with rope through the grass
00:33:18 1992.71	Truck driving right across river, man standing on sideboard holding on. Landing on embankment, a large group of people waiting, pull it out with rope
00:33:36 2009.85	Title card: An interest in wild banana leaves helps us relax after the days trek. Africa holds new thrills every day.
00:34:18 2051.85	In the jungle, men standing with Huge banana leaves, acting silly, shaking the leaves, playing around.
00:34:55 2088.78	Title card: Crossing a little bridge under which roar the cool waters from the Glaciers of Mt. Kenya.
00:35:06 2100.59	Wide shot people standing on high bridge over big waterfall, the glaciers of Mt. Kenya.
00:35:11 2105.63	Wide shot Trucks driving over small bridge over gorge and high waterfall.
00:35:34 2128.53	Sign reads: "The Pig and Whistle"
00:35:40 2134.51	small monkey sitting on the arm of a man as dog looks on. Monkey jumps on back of dog and jumps off.
00:35:51 2145.35	Title card: Meru. Here we were formally introduced to a different native tribe.
00:36:02 2156.26	Shots of life in the native village of the "Meru" tribe in Kenya. Their homes, Natives in primitive dress, draped in fabric, barefoot, children walking about, men carrying spears,
00:36:19 2173.08	Strangely - a gas pump in the village?
00:36:56 2210.73	A large group of Meru seem to be circled around the white men visitors
00:37:00 2214.01	Title card: These Turkana Women set a price on Photography by demanding a shilling for posing.
00:37:19 2232.82	A group of native Turkana women in native dress: arms full of bracelets, tons of beads around their necks, big earrings and bare breasted standing with white women. White woman directs them, as they stand proudly and pose.
00:37:45 2258.9	Man posing holding long necked animal by the horns.
00:38:14 2288.38	A group of giraffes are seen in their native habitat.
00:38:34 2308.45	A lone rhino standing turns looking at camera.
00:39:30 2364.68	Title card: Al shooting his Rhino. As the bullet hits him notice the dust fly off his shoulder.
00:39:49 2382.77	Hunters shooting at a rhinoceros, they hit him, he falls dead. the hunters approach the fallen animal slowly, shooting again as they get closer.
00:40:35 2429.75	Close up - dead Rhino.
00:40:49 2443.51	Men standing with dead rhino, man pulls Rhino's head up by his horn.
00:40:55 2449.54	Vultures flying about, landing in the plain, apparently to feast on the dead rhino
00:41:17 2471.34	Native African men carrying on their heads wrapped up pieces of dead rhino, one man carries the horn another carrying what appears to be a foot. yuck
00:41:55 2509.27	Men in safari clothes pose in front of a primitive make-shift hut.
00:42:34 2547.83	Wide shot of Grantie and Onyx, an ostrich like bird.
00:43:25 2599.27	animals with long horns like antelope, an ostrich walking along unseen waterhole.
00:46:09 2763.22	Wide shot herd of Zebra
00:47:12 2825.92	A dead lion, woman walks over and lifts his tail. Two men come along and pull up his head for a quick pose.
00:47:42 2856.67	More dead animals. Again, man comes along and holds up his head for a quick pose.
00:47:57 2871.63	Camp at the Tanya River.
00:48:20 2894.57	Another native African primitive tribe - The Somali, women and cute little children looking at the camera.
00:48:43 2917.6	A dead Lesser Kudu - antelope type animal.
00:48:47 2921.33	Title card: Forty-eight skeletons of native cattle that died from a disease known as rinderpest.
00:48:58 2932.35	Pan of a field scattered with the skeletons and carcasses of many dead animals
00:49:51 2984.92	Scenic pan of a beautiful lake
00:50:25 3019.25	Tribal women standing amidst a pack of mules. Mules are packed with primitive baskets.
00:50:47 3041.34	Close up of a man feeding a small Mongoose on his shoulders. He plays with it,picks it up, shows it off, hides it in his shirt,
00:51:17 3071.39	Title card: Our camp at Fura. Over 100 degrees during mid-day hours. you read and sleep and wish for a real ice cold drink of good water. Warm boiled water is an awful substitute.
00:51:35 3089.06	wide shot people people standing on a canoe, holding long reeds paddling down stream.
00:51:55 3108.88	Grainy wide shot of African Gerenuk
00:53:38 3212.65	A lioness in the wild, having dinner, then walks away.
00:55:53 3347.37	Lioness dragging away her prey
00:56:21 3375.53	The beautiful "Northern Giraffe"
00:56:53 3407.22	Pan - the Council of Meru Indian natives in full dress, standing tall, holding spears, wearing furs, looking quite serious..
00:57:14 3428.21	Native Meru tribal folk file out of a thatched roof building in full native dress and make-up, holding painted symbolic shields. They stop, standing straight up and pose for the camera.
00:58:55 3529.53	Herd of water buffalo running through the plains in the distance.
00:59:56 3590.6	Close up hunter holding rifle, turns and points it at the camera.
01:00:01 3595.53	Hands holding rifle, loading rifle
01:00:12 3606.38	Hunter with loaded rifle aims it directly at camera
01:00:19 3613.57	Close up an open hand with bullets of two different sizes.
01:00:27 3621.57	Title card: This Rhino meant business but when he charged we scared him off by shouting.
01:00:56 3649.85	Wide shot - a distant rhino out in a field, camera zooms in Rhino turns and runs off.
01:01:50 3704.31	Two native African men, goofing around playfully with each other, one holding canteen the other keeps hitting him.
01:02:05 3719.59	On train - POV out window. Western homes seen, nice scenery
01:02:17 3731.36	End reel.