TIGER HUNTING IN NORTH INDIA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 15181).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Hunting tigers in north India.

Hunters travelling on elephants to a rendezvous from which the elephants advance in a line. A leopard is shot, then a tiger [actual shooting is not seen]; both dead animals are lashed on top of an elephant. The elephants are watered in a river and then proceed back to camp where the catch is examined. The tiger is given to the natives who lash it to another elephant; it is next seen on the ground surrounded by villages (349ft). [16mm]

 

Titles

  • TIGER HUNTING IN NORTH INDIA (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1930
Running Time:
10 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
349 ft
 

Production Credits

Director of Photography
CORBETT, Edward James
 

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