CHASSEURS D'IVOIRE
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 12011).
Synopsis
INTEREST. Hunting elephants for ivory.
No main title. A camp in Central Africa; an African reports to two European men. The men, accompanied by a number of Africans, leave the camp and follow a guide through the bush (90). A herd of elephants is seen through the trees (103). The men fire at the elephants (129). A shot elephant - dying; closer view of the head and the bullet hole (191). Africans attempting to move the elephant onto its back (224). Africans dancing around the elephants which is lying on its back, a fire burns on its stomach (263). Men unloading elephant tusks from canoes and posing with the tusks (343). Men carving ivory and making brush backs (450). A cased set of brushes (470). Statuettes (478). A larger set of carved brushes (479ft).
Titles
- ELFENBEINJÄGER (Alternative)
- CHASSEURS D'IVOIRE
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1912
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm Film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 479 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- France
- Director
- MACHIN, Alfred
- on-screen participant
- DAVID, Adam
- Production Company
- Pathé Frères