Simba: King of the Beasts (1928)
- Original title
- Simba: The King of the Beasts
- Directed by
- Martin Johnson
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A silent documentary follows a married couple on a four year expedition in Kenya. They track lions across the veld in order to observe the animals in their natural habitat.
observationalatmosphericstatelyearnestarchivalquietmethodicalnaturalistic
What happens
Simba: The King of the Beasts is a 1928 American black-and-white sound documentary film, directed by Martin and Osa Johnson, which features the couple's four-year expedition to track the lion across Kenyan veld to his lair. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film, which went on nationwide general release on January 25, 1928 (1928-01-25), was premiered at the Earl Carroll Theatre in New York on January 23, 1928 (1928-01-23). The film entered the public domain on January 1, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Elephants at Work (1913)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.