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