Wandorobo

Collection

Identifier: Film Collection no. 267

Staff Only

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.

Additional Description

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.