Wandorobo
Scope and Contents
Shot during the Queeny African Expedition (1950), the mutually beneficial relationship between Kenya's Wandorobo (Dorobo) and the honey-guide bird is the main focus of this film (this was the first successful attempt to film such a relationship). Also shown in this film are the Wandorobo hunting and killing a topi with poison arrows; Masai bleeding cattle; a Masai woman's adornment, and Masai engaged in the jumping dance Numba. There is also footage of the fauna of the Masai Mara.
Dates
- 1952
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Not available through interlibrary loan. Contact AMNH Library Special Collections for terms of access.
Extent
1 Film Reel (29 minutes) : sound, color ; 16 mm.
1 Videocassette (U-Matic (29 minutes)) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy
General
Original format: 16 mm. print.
General
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1140477
General
Edgar M. Queeny, producer; Edgar M. Queeny and Fort B. Guerin Jr., photographers; Charles L. Tedford, script; Paul E. Prentiss, narration; Victor C. Lewis, editing; Jack J. Clink, sound; produced and re-recorded at the Jarville Studios.
- Title
- Wandorobo, 1952
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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