Untamed Africa
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Wynant D. Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
De Leon Anthony
W. Earle Franke
Wynant D. Hubbard F. A. G. S.
Rex J. Steele
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The Hubbards, an American family consisting of Wynant D., his wife and two small children, depart from Rhodesia to explore the African terrain. They capture an owl for a pet and then photograph and capture a variety of wild animals. After six weeks of traveling 135 miles into the interior, they reach their camp site in a remote village. They visit other villages and meet with the chiefs, offering beads and cloth as gifts. They witness a grass fire that almost destroys their camp. They see lions attack a long-horned ox. The oxen form a circle to defend themselves against the lions. When one lion escapes, the natives chase it into the jungle, capturing it alive. After capturing the lion, the Wynants observe a bloody native celebration honoring the capture.
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No information about the film's production company was located. The film was compiled from a series of shorts released by Vitaphone in 1931 under the series title Adventures in Africa. F.A.G.S. stands for Fellow of the American Geographic Society. According to press releases, Wynat D. Hubbard was the head of a two-year filming expedition into upper Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa. After working as a mining engineer in Rhodesia, he began to capture and train African wild animals. At the time of the movie, he had written two books on African wild life, Wild Animals and Bong'kwe, as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Press releases also note that over 103,000 ft. of film were shot during the expedition.
