Kenya Safari (1967)

Tsavo, Kenya National Park, Africa.
Various shots at Nairobi Airport show a crowd of passengers getting onto a BUA (British United Airlines) aeroplane; L/S of the plane taking off. On board we see the passengers looking at souvenirs of their trip to Kenya - drums, brochures, carvings and an ostrich egg - while they are served drinks by a stewardess.
Cut to several shots of animals and birds in the Tsavo National Park: elephants (one is seen trumpeting), wildebeest, pelicans, rhinoceroses (rhinos). Some tourists with their heads sticking out of a camper van drive through the entrance of the Park; inside we see the orderly campsite; a white man washes from a bowl outside one of the green tents. Several shots of exotic flowers and vegetation; a beautiful waterfall.
The tourists stand outside the camper van and look through binoculars at flamingos on a lake and giraffes. More people look at lions from a Land Rover. At an area for 'Game Orphans' we see rhinos, buffalo and ostriches wandering around together. A white hunter and African attendants examine the tusks of a dead elephant; elsewhere, tusks are weighed and hundreds of elephant skulls are piled up. We see Peter Jenkins, assistant warden of the Park, measuring a skull while a woman takes notes for research.
Several shots show a small aeroplane taking off; Peter Jenkins watches over the animals from the driver's seat. Various shots in a village show souvenirs being crafted: men carve wooden animals, water bottles hang from a pole, a girl displays necklaces / neck rings. Another man puts hundreds of fish on a wire table to dry in the sun. Men are seen in a small fishing boat; a truck is pulled across the river on a basic ferry.
Various shots of westerners relaxing by the beach and on small boats. At a game lodge, holidaymakers sit on a veranda and watch elephants, zebras, antelope and lions through binoculars. Several shots of lions and lionesses lying in the grass, some with legs and front paws stretched apart!
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[@JohnLangridge-ho5bg]

Hi I am John Langridge born in Nairobi This was Kenya as I remembered Visited Nairobi National Park many times the East African coast Lived in Kilifi visited Watamu Malindi Diani Kikambala Shanzu Gedhi ruins Kwale forest Kisumu Naivasha Nakuru Ronghai Amboseli Mua hills Machakos Voi Mombasa Gilgil Longonot Mt Kilimanjaro visible from school class window Fond memories of Kenya Forgot to mentioned train travel Nairobi to Mombasa as a school boy

[@idalahow]

Superb. Magical Kenya mbona mumelalaa?

[@muigaingunjiri8662]

Kenya is rich , beautiful and blessed

[@mimi21746]

Just as colonialism of Britain by the Romans was a blessing to the UK, so was colonialism of Africa by the Brits. Of course, the brutalism was not nice, but still the cultural exchange and civilization passed on was amazing, I mean, the Brits introduced education and literacy, can't say the same about the Italians, Spaniards and Portuguese!?!

[@clintonowira7278]

Colonialism was a blessing to Africa

[@cezar211091]

It sure wasn't. These cultures were doing very well without European invaders.

[@heraldloshi1864]

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[@mimi21746]

@@cezar211091 naahh!!

[@MissionaryTraveller]

I do notbelieve this is 1967, I think it's late 70s early 80s

[@kuschprince3216]

" You´d better believe it now! Iám a native of the coast and this scene with the Bedford lorry being pulled is "kILIFI" and was before known as " Takaungu crossing" before the diesel ferries were introduced. The driver had a nickname called" Baniani wa Mwaeba" my uncle´s friend called Samson Said, both dead. The diesel ferries were replaced with the new Kilifi bridge in 1991 built by the Sumitomo company of Japan. This vid. is a treasure and was shot 3 km. from my home village where the " Pwani University stands.Relax, the timeline given is accurate! Ibear witness, fingers crossed from Germany/ Bavaria, " Es stimmt alles"!

[@dannnsss8034]

So much exploitation of wildlife...