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Historic Films
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STS-30066
ELMO TRF, AFRICA, HEAVY RAIN DESERT, LIGHTNING, KIDS PLAY IN MUD, LIFESTYLE OF THE PYGMIES, FIG TREE, IGUANA, SNAKE EATING, WASPS IN FIG; DX EXT thin cow in cracked, dry African desert, local rests in sun, man w/odd scratches on face plays instrument; DX EXT bird flies, cracked vases, rainmaker steps out of home, prepares sacrifice, kills chicken, prays on hilltop; DX EXT rainmaker claps, child watches, clouds come in, raindrops fall, man sits in hut while it rains, begins to pour; DX EXT the mules, sheep & chickens stand in the rain, not happy, locals walk around, man watches rain & walks inside; DX EXT kids splash around in the mud, woman digs in soft dirt, naked kids splash in stream, baby turtle crawls into water; DX EXT pan across landscape, huge thunderclap, NX INT gas lamp in hut, mother & child look up @ ceiling, lightning strike; DX EXT smoking tree after being struck by lightning, truck drives over muddy road, men try to repair truck stuck in mud; DX EXT man locks barrier chain on pole, pan across muddy landscape, water flows more rapidly into river, workers in field; DX EXT more workers in field, man pounds away @ rock, workers wash rocks in large puddle, man drive away in truck; DX EXT var shots of forest, photo of group of pygmies, men w/nets go in search of game, women prepare shelter; DX EXT pygmies build hut, use large leaves to make roofing, mother washes baby, boy fires arrow @ fruitball; DX EXT mother & son play string game, women hack @ fruit preparing for meal, sees places in pot & cooked, woman mashes seeds; DX EXT men cut tree, carve tree bark, pygmies makes stool out of branches, man makes diaper out of tree bark; DX EXT kids eat roasted grasshoppers for snack time, pygmies walk on stilts, women play jacks, kids sing & play music; DX EXT var shots of bugs, grasshoppers, birds, etc, pangolin climbs trees, pygmies climbs after pangolin,men prepare for hunt; DX EXT cus of men preparing poison-tipped arrows, pygmies hunt, fire arrows @ monkey, pygmies dance in celebration; DX EXT women play skip-rope, body painting, NX INT old man tells stories to children, they reach arms out to stars; DX EXT sunlight reflects in misty mountains, huge waterfall, var shots, mist of waterfall in trees, like rain, flowing river; DX EXT monkey makes weird sounds, climbs on fig tree, figs on tree, monkeys climbs branches, eat leaves, relax in tree; DX EXT deep roots to fig tree, iguana climbs branch, eats leaves, treesnake wants baby iguana for lunch & gets what it wants; DX EXT iguana kicking back & sunning itself in tree, cu iguana eye, sees black hawk flying overhead; DX EXT iguana does a swan dive off the tree into the river, swims safely underwater, turtle eats leaves in water; DX EXT snails eat leaves & figs, leaf skeleton, var shots of fig tree,int tiny fig wasp crawls in fig & lays eggs, then dies; DX EXT parasitic wasps lay eggs outside fig, but feeds off fig wasp larva, cu wasp sticks thin tube through fig, crane down tree; DX EXT very excited vine snake sees frog, but frog can fight back so snake goes away, strangler vines wrap around fig tree; DX EXT toucan climbs into hole in tree, flies out of tree, has large grasshopper in mouth, bees rest in hole of tree; DX EXT weird bird makes calls, fly grooms itself on leaf, many flies lick figs, male wasp emerges from larva; DX EXT wasp climbs out of hole, impregnates unborn female, dies (some life!), females emerge from hole, move around in fig; DX EXT wasps emerge from fig, many wasps climb on fig, look for other figs to lay their own eggs, figs drop in water; DX EXT more figs fall from tree, peckerie eats fig, looks like wild boar, flowing stream, var shots of fig tree; DX EX duck silhouetted in sun, more of the misty mountains, monkey in tree;
AFRICA
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1960-1969
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