Elephant hunting in Africa, 1930's. Archive film 1151

Big Game hunting in Africa 1930's
Elephant hunt with white hunter and natives taking elephant with ropes.
White hunters on horseback followed by Africans riding elephants. Close up on sign "service de Domestication des Elephants". Elephants are dragging a cart and wagon.
Elephants drag wagons down a hill and through a river. Elephants struggle to pull carts up a river bank. They are prodded and hit with sharp sticks.
Elephants crash through long grass.
A bull elephant with long tusks pushes a sturdy tree over and then carries it in his trunk.
Camp at night. African men stand by fire and wagon. Elephant walks past camp.
The "natives" all wear loincloths and carry equipment on their heads. The white hunter is actually on horseback.
Group of African elephants grazing around trees. Elephant throws dust over its back.
White hunter dismounts and hides in long grass with African man. Africans with boxes balanced on their heads creep through long grass.
African men unload their equipment. Close up of bundle of rope.
Muscular African hunter loads rifle. White hunter in pith helmet pushes them along. Some hunters proceed in a line. The rest stay with their already captured and trained elephants. Hunters crouch in long grass. White man mounts horse.
African men run away. Bull elephants with very long tusks storm through a stream.
White man rides horse alongside escaping elephants. African men shoot rifles and chase on foot. Man catches elephant's foot with rope - other end is tied to a tree.
Small elephant is tied to a tree. Crowd of hunters run around it. White man gallops around on horse. Elephant distressed. Both of the elephant's back legs are tied. It strains on the ropes. Elephant hits several men with its trunk.
Elephant breaks free of rope and runs. Men follow. Elephant is recaptured and tied around the neck with thick rope. It struggles continuously.
Elephant pulls at ropes
Tree is uprooted.
Elephant tries to charge at the hunters but is encumbered by the ropes. They run away. Hunters behind elephant try to tie him to a different tree. Elephant secured.
Elephant tied by neck and back leg. Hunters riding elephants approach.
Strong ropes attach all three elephants together. The outer two are ridden by native hunters.
Procession of elephants dragging wagons across river.

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