https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b1e3cab0-607b-4236-a51c-821ba6222095 Reel 1: https://youtu.be/rM07nwon9B0 Russ Porter’s 1970’s travelogue tours East Africa in footage captured by Jan Boon and edited by George Halligan. It shows Kenya, Dar es Salaam and Marangu in Tanzania, Entebbe, Kampala and safari scenes of Uganda. It highlights East Africa’s contrasting cultures in shots of traditional mud and wattle homes, German and English colonial style buildings, Uganda tribes, and modern vehicles. It features Mount Meru’s Game Lodge and founder Dr, Andreas Von Nagy. Locals take a hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. Images capture East Africa’s varied landscape and biodiversity in scenes of dramatic mountain scapes, rugged roads, rainforests, elephants around a watering hole, the common genet, giraffes, colobus monkeys, zebras and crocodiles. Significant landmarks include St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Nkurumah Hall, the Kasubi tombs, Kibuli Mosque, Owen Falls Dam and Murchison Falls National Park. Nature scenes highlight dynamics between species of the African animal kingdom including the relationship between lions and vultures as well as birds and the African bull. 0:00 The salt harvesting operation at Lake Magadi of East Africa’s Rift Valley opens (:14). A Series II Land Rover (:17) and car of the Thorn Tree Guided Safari (:41) follows. A chameleon walks over dirt (1:49). A local watches various animals including sanga cattle (2:22) and North African boars (2:40). An African wood owl follows (2:54). Tanzania (2:59) recently formed in 1964 out of the mainland territory of Tanganyika (2:59). Dar es Salaam’s port (3:14), St. Joseph’s Cathedral (3:22), erected by German colonialists in 1902 and other colonial style buildings follow (3:27). Street views show traffic and pedestrians (3:31). The German erected Lutheran Church from 1900 (3:55) precedes Nkrumah hall. Nkrumah is the oldest building on the campus built in 1865. Footage tours the Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort built in 1967 (4:14-4:32). Von Nagy established Mount Meru Game Sanctuary after purchasing the land in the 1950’s (4:35). Nagy tends to animal stalls including the porcupine (4:51), colobus monkey (5:26) and common genet (5:49). He plays with a lion cub (6:15) and his pet dog (6:32). He sets out on a hunting expedition (7:17-8:33). The Great White Pelican appears (8:49). The Dr. feeds ostriches (9:06). A swan (9:16), gazelle (9:27), zebra (9:30), Duiker (9:33) and giraffe (9:36) follow. Elephants make for a watering hole (12:10). The hike for Kilimanjaro begins (12:58). Images on route show a rock hyrax (14:07), Kibo hut (15:36), hikers heading for Uhuru peak (15:50-16:16) and vantage views of the scenery (16:42). A Peugeot drives ahead (16:54). Local stand in front of traditional huts of mud and wattle (17:08). Images at a tea plantation show harvest (17:15), inspection of the harvest (18:52), leaves crushed by machinery (19:33), a Budenberg Thermograph (19:36), teas being sampled (19:43) and packages ready for distribution (19:51). Uganda footage features a diversity of landscape (20:07 & 20:14), Uganda tribespeople (20:43) playing traditional instruments such as the kora (21:18), giraffes (22:18) and Thompson gazelles (22:26). Birds eat insects and parasites off African buffalo’s (22:55). A local witnesses the complex predator-scavenger relationship between vultures and lions (23:10). Lions feed from a carcass (24:02). Vultures feed from leftovers (25:00). Vantage (25:36) and street views (25:50) of Entebbe (25:36) precede Ankole-Watusi cattle (25:59). Shots in Kampala show Gray-Crowned Cranes (26:30), a cityscape of modern buildings (26:47) including Standard Bank, the old Taxi Park area (26:58), the parliament building on Nakasero Hill (28:53), the Uganda National Culture Centre with the Crested Towers behind, Kasubi Tombs (29:07), Rubaga Cathedral (29:32), Kibuli Mosque (29:41), St. Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe (29:56) and Makerere University. Owen Falls Dam (32:45) precedes footage through Murchison Falls National Park (33:16) including elephants (33:32), a safari tour bus (33:47), crocodiles (34:57), cape buffalo (35:45), Nile monitors (37:08), hippos (37:26) and Murchison Falls (39:45). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. 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