- Title: VM-355
- Summary: PYGMIES: DOCUMENTARY ON NOMADIC PYGMIES. ADAPTATION TO JUNGLE: MEN'S HUNTING METHODS, AGRICULTURE BASED ON GATHERING NUTS & BERRIES. POLITICAL & SOCIAL FORCES THAT THREATEN THE PYGMIES. CENTRAL AFRICAN TRIBES IN THE RAIN FOREST. TRIBAL RITUALS. CUSTOMS AND MANNERS. "THE CHILDREN OF THE FOREST"
- Description:00:00:21 - POV OVER SWAMPY RAIN FOREST RIVER. VILLAGE. TREES REFLECTED IN THE WATER. 00:00:40 - AFRICAN TRIBE ON THE MOVE WALKING THROUGH THE RIVER. ON ROADS THROUGH THE FOREST. NOMADS. NOMADIC AFRICAN TRIBE. BARE-BREASTED FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE CARRY BASKETS 00:01:32 - AFRICAN WOMEN WEARING LOINCLOTHS MADE OUT OF LEAVES CHOPPING AT UNDERGROWTH WITH MACHETES. CLEARING LAND. 00:01:45 - GROUP OF JAKA PYGMIES NEAR THE SANGAY RIVER, CENTRAL AFRICA CLEARING LAND FOR NEW VILLAGE. PYGMY BOYS BOUNCE ON A TREE LIMB. JUNGLE PLAY. BUILDING HUTS OUT OF TREES TREE LIMBS 00:02:52 - PYGMY BOY RESTS ON LARGE LEAVES TAKES A NAP 00:02:58 - WOMAN CUTS THE STEMS OFF LARGE LEAVES, WOMEN AND GIRLS BUILD NEW HOME. 00:03:30 - PYGMY MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY 00:03:38 - OLDER PYGMY WOMAN TEARS THE STEMS OFF LARGE LEAVES WITH HER TEETH 00:03:53 - GIRL USES HER TEETH TO TEAR AWAY A PIECE OF STEM FROM LEAF BEFORE ADDING IT TO THE HUT SHE IS BUILDING, 00:04:08 - PYGMIES BUILD HUTS OUT OF TREE LIMBS AND LEAVES. 00:04:30 - PYGMIES USE BLUNT END OF THEIR SPEARS ON FOREST FLOOR POKING AROUND FOR TORTOISES. HUNTING FOR FOOD IN THE RAIN FOREST MEN HOLDS UP THEIR CATCHES, HOLD UP TORTOISES. 00:05:36 - PYGMY HUNTERS MAKE SLINGS TO CARRY LIVE TORTOISES BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE 00:06:00 - MEN CELEBRATE THEIR SUCESSFUL HUNT. PYGMY DANCE, PIGMY DANCES. "THE TORTOISE DANCE" ETHNIC DANCE. 00:06:19 - PYGMY MEN DANCE AND SING THROUGH THE FOREST CARRYING THEIR TORTOISES. AFTER THE HUNT RUSH 00:06:30 - PYGMY HUNTERS FIND A CROCODILE NEST MADE OUT OF MUD AND BRUSH THEY QUICKLY GATHER EGGS FROM THE NEST. PUTTING EGGS IN WOODEN OR LEATHER BASKET 00:06:51 - PYGMY HUNTER PREPARES TO CLIMB A TREE IN HUNT OF A FEMALE HORNBILL, TWISTING ROPE. CLIMBING LARGE TREE USING A ROPE WRAPPED AROUND THE TRUNK. CHOPS AT THE TREE. SMOKES OUT THE BIRD USING SMOKE FROM BURNING LEAVES. CU HORNBILL. CLIMBS DOWN TREE WITH THIS CATCH. UNTIES THE BIRD. BREAKS THE BIRDS NECK. TWISTS ITS NECK 00:08:43 - MAN CARVES A WOODEN SPEAR USING A MACHETE 00:09:02 - MEN USE MACHETES TO MAKE A WOODEN HOE TOOL WHICH IS USED TO DIG UP BIG PLANT BULBS, CRUDE IMPLEMENTS. 00:09:39 - PYGMY WOMEN SEPARATE THE BULBS FROM DIRT, BOIL BULBS UP RAIN FOREST WOMEN PREPARE DINNER. FEEDING THE GROUP. COMMUNITY EFFORT. 00:10:22 - LOTS OF KIDS BOUNCE ON LONG LIMB AND SING. RAIN FOREST PLAY KIDS SWING ON A ROPE THROUGH THE FOREST. PYGMY PLAY. 00:10:50 - ROLLING FOREST STREAM WATER FALLS 00:10:54 - BARE BREASTED PYGMY WOMAN WALKS WITH A BOWL ON HER HEAD THROUGH A FOREST STREAM 00:11:01 - CRANE WADING BIRD EATS FROM STREAM USES LONG BILL & NECK TO GET FOOD 00:11:15 - GIRL SPLASHES WATER ON HERSELF WATER FROM THE STREAM SMALL WATERFALL. 00:11:30 - PYGMY KIDS SQUEAL WITH DELIGHT SPLASHING IN THE WATER PYGMY PLAY. CLASSIC SWING ROPE ACROSS THE STREAM. KIDS AT PLAY. 00:12:08 - MOTHER WASHES HER BABY IN THE STREAM 00:12:14 - RAIN FOREST DEER GROOMS ITSELF IN THE STREAM 00:12:19 - MOTHER WASHES HER BABY IN STREAM 00:12:25 - PYGMY KIDS PLAYING IN THE WATER 00:12:33 - PYGMY BOYS LINK ARMS AND WALK IN A CIRCLE IN THE RAIN FOREST. 00:12:47 - PYGMY GIRLS PLAY PATTY-CAKE AND SING. UNIVERSAL GAMES 00:13:03 - PYGMY USING THE BLUNT EDGE OF HIS AX TO SEPARATE THE BARK FROM A TREE. SLICES THE BARK OFF IN ONE BIG PIECE. 00:13:45 - PYGMY VILLAGE IN THE RAIN FOREST. PYGMY BOY TAKES A NAP 00:14:03 - PYGMY MEN SET OUT ON A HUNTING TRIP. CU SHARPENING SPEAR BLADE ON A STONE 00:14:31 - FLOCK OF BIRDS. PYGMY HUNTERS SPOT A BULL ELEPHANT IN A CLEARING. SYMBOLIC ACT. PYGMY LEADER SPITS ON THE GROUND HOPING TO BRING GOOD LUCK IN THE HUNT. RITUALS. 00:15:19 - PYGMY WOMEN AND CHILDREN MAKE BASKETS & GRASS SKIRTS. BASKET WEAVING. RIP FIBER INTO STRIPS, SMOOTHED OUT AND WOVEN TOGETHER. SELF RELIANCE. 00:16:42 - MOTHER TIES GRASS SKIRT ON HER DAUGHTER. 00:16:56 - CHILDREN SING AND CLAP HANDS AS GIRL DANCES AROUND HER GRASS SKIRT, GIRL SHAKES HER BUTT. BOOTIE DANCE ETHNIC DANCE, SONG, COSTUME. SMALL GIRL IMITATES BIGGER GIRL SHAKES AROUND. PRIMITIVE RITUALS. 00:17:33 - PYGMY HUNTERS HUNT FOR FOOD. LEADER USES HAND GESTURES TO COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHERS IN SILENCE. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. PICKS UP A LEAF WET WITH THE URINE OF A RED RIVER HOG. SMELLS THE LEAF. CUPS HIS HANDS AND IMITATES ANIMAL SOUND. COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER HUNTERS USING BIRD SOUNDS. HUNTERS RUN THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST FOLLOWING THE SOUND. HUNTER HAS KILLED A HOG. SHOWS BENT SPEAR WITH ANIMAL BLOOD. PUTS AWAY TO FIX LATER. 00:18:47 - RAIN FOREST WATERFALL SEEN FROM BEHIND 00:18:53 - HUNTERS RETURN TO THE VILLAGE WITH FRESH KILL. 00:19:03 - PYGMY COOKING THE MEAT. PLACES ON WOODEN TABLE WITH FIRE UNDERNEATH. COOKING ON OPEN FIRE. FLIES ON THE MEAT. 00:19:28 - CHILDREN MASH PLANT BULBS INTO A FLOUR AND STIR IN BOILING WATER. MAKING FOOD SIMILAR TO A DUMPLING. BOY HAS FLOUR ALL OVER HIM. CHILDREN CHOPPING VEGETABLES 00:21:32 - MOTHER WASHES BABY IN POT OF WATER 00:22:11 - PYGMY MEN LOOKING FOR DEAD BEES, CLUE FOR LOCATION OF HONEYCOMB. PYGMY STRIKES HIS BROW TO INDICATE TO OTHERS HE'S FOUND A BEE'S NEST. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. PYGMY CLIMBS A TREE OTHERS LIGHT A FIRE. FAN THE FIRE WITH LEAVES. PYGMY WEAVES A BASKET TO CARRY THE HONEYCOMB IN. ROLLS UP BUNDLE OF SMOULDERING TWIGS TO SMOKE OUT THE BEES. CU HONEYCOMB. BEES SWARN AROUND. MEN EAT THE HONEYCOMB. 00:25:25 - CHILDREN GREET THE MEN AS THEY RETURN TO THE VILLAGE 00:25:35 - BOY MAKES A SWEET DRINK OUT OF THE HONEYCOMB AND DRINKS IT FROM A COCONUT SHELL. 00:25:59 - WADING BIRD AND DEER IN STREAM 00:26:08 - BONGO ANTELOPE WITH SPIRALY TWISTED HORNS & WHITE STRIPES. CENTRAL AFRICAN FOREST ANIMALS. 00:26:28 - PYGMY WOMEN HIKE THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST WITH LARGE BASKETS ON A FISHING TRIP. 00:27:11 - CHILDREN SING AS THEY CLEAR UNDERBRUSH TO USE AS A DAM MAKING A DAM OUT OF BRANCHES AND MUD. MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY. 00:27:59 - WOMEN SCOOP OUT WATER FROM A POOL FORMED BY THE TWO DAMS. 00:28:37 - WOMEN GATHER SQUIRMING FISH THROW THEM INTO BASKETS. PYGMY WOMEN FISHING. 00:29:10 - PYGMY HUNTERS SINGING CELEBRATING BONGO KILL. WARDING OFF EVIL SPIRITS FROM THE DEAD BONGO. SUPERSTITION. KILLER RUBBING PASTE FROM TREE ONTO HIS FOREHEAD TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS. PRIMITIVE RITUALS. 00:30:19 - PYGMY CUTS OFF WHITE SPOTS ON THE BONGO'S HEAD, BAJAAKAN BELIEF THAT EVIL SPIRITS LIVE IN THE WHITE SPOTS. CUTS WHITE SPOTS OFF ANIMAL'S LEG. CU DEAD ANTELOPE. 00:30:56 - PYGMY HUNTERS BURY THE CIRCLES OF WHITE SKIN IN THE GROUND HUNTERS BEAT LEAVES TOGETHER TO CLAIM THE ANTELOPE IS READY FOR BUTCHERING. HUNTER CUTS UP DEAD ANIMAL 00:31:30 - CU PYGMY HUNTERS SMOKING HASHISH OUT OF PIPE WITH A LARGE BOWL. GETTING HIGH. SMOKING DOPE. CU STONED PYGMIES. CEREMONY. RITUALS. CELEBRATION OF SUCCESSFUL HUNT. 00:32:31 - MEAT COOKING ON OPEN FIRE IN PYGMY VILLAGE 00:32:53 - STRETCHING ANTELOPE SKIN DRIED NEAR THE FIRE 00:33:03 - PYGMY MAKES A BAG OUT OF THE SKIN TO CARRY POISON ARROWS ON HUNTS. CU HEATED METAL PUNCHES HOLES IN THE SKIN, SEWING THE SKIN TOGETHER. PYGMY CRAFTSMAN WHISTLES AS HE WORKS 00:33:50 - PYGMY GETTING HIS HEAD SHAVED. PYGMY SYMBOL OF BEAUTY CU USING A RAZOR BLADE TO SHAVE HEAD. WIFE SHAVES HUSBAND'S HEAD. PYGMY TATTOO. RUBS BLACK ASH ON SMALL OF THE BACK 00:34:54 - PYGMY MAKING A PRESS TO EXTRACT POISON JUICE FROM A TREE 00:35:31 - PYGMY POUNDS MIXTURE UP AND PRESSES THE JUICE OUT. ANCIENT HUNTING TOOLS. PAINTS THE MIXTURE ON THE END OF SPEARS. POISON SPEAR HEADS DRIED ON THE FIRE. ARROWS CUT TO LENGTH 00:36:51 - PYGMY PREPARES A CROSSBOW WITH POISON ARROWS 00:37:40 - PYGMY HUNTERS IN THE RAIN FOREST ON A HUNT. STAND AT MASSIVE TREE TRUNK. DEEP IN THE BUSH HUNTERS HEAR APES IN THE TREETOPS. TO LURE APES DOWN, PYGMY USES A FLUTE TO IMITATE THE CRY OF A AN EAGLE, THE APE'S GREATEST ENEMY. HUNTERS RAISE THEIR CROSSBOWS AND SHOOT POISON ARROWS. HUNTERS KILL TWO APES. HUNTER PULLS THE POISON ARROW OUT OF THE DEAD APE. USES IT'S TAIL TO FASHION A STRAP TO CARRY IT BACK TO THE VILLAGE 00:41:05 - PYGMY HUNTERS CARRY BURNING LEAVES AND SPEARS THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST TO A CAMP SITE WHERE THEY COOK THE APES CU DEAD APE BEING COOKED OVER CAMPFIRE. 00:41:56 - PYGMY MEN CUT UP HUGE BULL ELEPHANT THEY KILLED WITH SHORT SPEARS. CUTS OUT THE ENTRAILS. ENTIRE VILLAGE WATCHES 00:42:26 - PYGMY MEN DANCE AROUND A FIRE, VILLAGERS CLAP AND SING TRIBAL RITUALS 00:43:06 - PYGMY MAN PREPARES HIS FEET TO WALK ON A SMOKING HOT METAL SPEAR. "FIRE WALKING" CU FOOT ON SMOKING HOT PIECE OF METAL. MIND OVER MATTER. 00:43:31 - PYGMY MEN PRESSING ON MAN'S BACK GIVING A MASSAGE 00:43:36 - PYGMY DANCE, MUSIC AND SONG. ETHNIC DANCE, COSTUME, MUSIC 00:44:00 - PYGMY NOMADS MOVING OUT OF THEIR VILLAGE LEAVING HUTS BEHIND PYGMY TRIBE MOVES THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST 00:44:46 - PAN RAIN FOREST & RIVER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-355