Elephant

Series: Silent safari

Duration: 0:11:06

Genre: Animal | Educational | Nature

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 1Jun72 · MP23060 (Jul-Dec 1972) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: Presents, without narration, a view of the behavior and physical characteristics of African elephants in their natural habitat, emphasizing their immense size and their powerful tusks and trunk. Utilizes telescopic lenses and remote microphones to closely examine the elephants foraging, drinking, and dusting. Contains music and indigenous sounds. Filmed in Tsavo National Park Kenya, Africa., Follows an African elephant herd through their daily routine. Shows the physical characteristics of this large mammal. No narration.

Complete Record: , A nonnarrated film photographed in Tsavo National Park in Kenya that follows one elephant herd's daily activities. Shows the elephant's trunk and tusks in action stripping trees of leaves and branches, scanning the air for scents of danger, uprooting vegetation, and showering itself with water and dust. , Follows an African elephant herd through their daily routine. Shows the physical characteristics of this large mammal. No narration.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.