Cannily scheduled during the chilly month of January by Talking Pictures, the second of Harry Watt's two Technicolor tours of the Dark Continent boasts excellent photography of the local wildlife fairly well integrated into the action (although described in the credits as made at Ealing Studios).
The narrator describes at the outset that the 'white gold' of smuggled ivory has taken the place of the 'black gold' of slavery; which at least was a step in the right direction.
But the conflict of interests between European tree-huggers and black 'smugglers' continues to worry away today.
The narrator describes at the outset that the 'white gold' of smuggled ivory has taken the place of the 'black gold' of slavery; which at least was a step in the right direction.
But the conflict of interests between European tree-huggers and black 'smugglers' continues to worry away today.