AFRICAN AMBASSADOR: MEMOIRS OF LADY ARABELLA APE

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 17684).

Synopsis

INTEREST. The behaviour and antics of chimpanzees. Titles (63). Chimpanzee (91). Cherry Kearton and chimp, chimp playing, smoking, drinking tea, swinging on branches (260), chimp chasing leopard and other animals (334), attacking people, bathing, drinking (519), chasing a small rat (648). Animation (682). Chimp cleaning shoes, dressing etc. (850), using tools, playing with cats (1091). Swimming at seaside (1146) sitting with dog, smoking pipe (1206), dog and chimp on boat (1304), chimp eating, playing in garden (1379). R.2 Further shots of the chimp playing with dog, another chimp at a teaparty (471). Cherry Kearton says goodbye to the chimps (496). Animation (505). Africa. Animals running from a bush fire, vultures, wildebeest, lions (722). Africans dancing, playing drums (825). Monkeys, rhinos and elephants (909). Intertitle (922). Singapore (945). Countryside, the rice harvest (1019). Stick insect and duckbilled platypus at Singapore Zoo (1105). Rice terraces in Java (1147). The Temple of One Thousand Buddhas (1253). Australia, wallabies, koala bears, lyre birds (1430). New Zealand, ferns, bird sanctuary giant worm, giant punney, procession of caterpillars (1587), hot springs, Maoris - possibly Whakarewarewa village in Rotorua (1679) sea (1689). End (1714).

 

Titles

  • AFRICAN AMBASSADOR: MEMOIRS OF LADY ARABELLA APE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1949
Running Time:
34 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
3100 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Director of Photography
KEARTON, Cherry
Production Company
Montana Film
 

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