Simba / produced by Mr. and Mrs Martin Johnson under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937, producer, photographer.
• Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953, producer, photographer.
• Akeley, Carl E., 1864-1926, photographer.
• Klein, Alfred J., photographer.
• American Museum of Natural History, producer.
• Milestone Film & Video, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Kipsigis (African people).
• Ethnology.
• Mammals.
• Africa, East--Pictorial works.
• Mammals--Africa, East--Pictorial works.
• Ethnology--Africa, East--Pictorial works.
• Kipsigis (African people)--Pictorial works.
• Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937.
• Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953.
• Wildlife cinematography.
• Africa, East.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Pictorial works.
• Video recordings.
• Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

• 1 videocassette (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• monochrome

Other Title:

• Martin and Osa Johnson's Simba
• Title on videocassette label: Simba : the king of beasts
• Simba : king of beasts

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video, [1992]

System Details:

• VHS.
• analog
• magnetic
• VHS

Summary:

Records Martin and Osa Johnson's expedition to East Africa, the chief purpose of which was to capture on film rapidly disappearing African wildlife as well as East African peoples (Samburu, Dorobo, etc.) and their customs. Includes extensive footage of elephants, giraffes and lions. Also shown is the lion-spearing ceremony perfomed by the Lumbwa (part of this sequence was filmed by Carl Akeley and Alfred J. Klein).

Credits:

Photography by Martin and Osa Johnson; additional photography by Carl Akeley and Alfred J. Klein; edited by Martin Johnson and Terry Ramsaye; score composed by James Makubuya; music performed by James Makubuya, Annette Nakku, Juliet Nabakka.

Notes:

• Filmed on tinted stock; silent film with music added (probably in 1991 or 1992).
• Videocassette release of the documentary film produced in 1928.
• Filmed in East Africa during the second Martin Johnson African Expedition, 1923-1928.

OCLC:

26138970

Publisher Number:

MILE008 Milestone Film & Video