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Baboona

1935 · 73 min

A gentle vintage travelogue gliding over African peaks and wildlife, more curious spectacle than drama.

Directed by
Martin E. Johnson, Truman H. Talley
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
Overview
The 1935 Morro films, shot by Martin and Osa Johnson, recount the 60,000 mile "Flying Safari" undertaken by the filmmakers as they flew their two amphibious airlanes(the Zebra stripped 'Osa's Ark' and the Giraffe-spotted 'Spirit of Africa') from Capetown, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt. Famous shots from the movie include the first-ever aerial pictures of the tops of Africa's highest peaks, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya. Along the journey, Martin filmed Osa surrounded by a pride of Lions and together they captured amazing scenes of a baboon colony, an event striking enough to give the movie its name.

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Directed by
Martin E. Johnson, Truman H. Talley
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
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    Genres
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    Directed by
    Martin E. Johnson, Truman H. Talley
    Starring
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    Runtime
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    Country
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