THE PROWLERS

Series: Howe hodge podge series

Duration: 11min

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: An educational films corporation of America production available only to schools. "This is life in a thatched-hut village in the heart of Africa. A fine and sympathetic portrayal of the daily life of the Central-African Negro. Thatched huts enclosed in a stockade called 'boma'. Gourd butter churns and beehive granaries. The village toy-maker and his grotesque dolls. The arrow maker and the village medicine man. The hunter departs. A pack of vicious cheetahs drive him up a tree. A flock of guinea hens distract the cheetah's attention and the hunter escapes. He finds a bear lion but the panther appear unexpectedly and the hunter has another narrow escape. He returns empty-handed to the village as evening falls. The 'boma' gate is closed for the night and fires are lit." Iowa

Complete Record: Series: Howe hodge podge series Dewey number: 916.7 Audience level: el-jh Format/cost: 16-sd-apply TFC Distributors / rental: University of Iowa $1.50; Iowa State College $1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946