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Simba / produced by Mr. and Mrs Martin Johnson under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History.
LIBRA VHS DT425 .S547 1992
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kipsigis (African people).
- Ethnology.
- Mammals.
- Africa, East--Pictorial works.
- Africa, East.
- Mammals--Africa, East--Pictorial works.
- Ethnology--Africa, East--Pictorial works.
- Kipsigis (African people)--Pictorial works.
- Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937.
- Johnson, Martin.
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953.
- Johnson, Osa.
- Wildlife cinematography.
- 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
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