"Baboona" Martin and Osa Johnson's Movie
Baboona [1935] 73 Minutes $14.95
This black and white Morro films feature was shot by Martin and Osa
Johnson between 1933-34. It recounts the 60,000 mile "Flying Safari"the
Johnsons undertook as they flew their two Sikorsky amphibian airplanes
(the zebra-stripped S-38 and the giraffe-spotted S-39 Spirit of Africa)
from Capetown to Cairo, Egypt.
Famous shots include the first ever aerial pictures of the tops of
Africa's two tallest peaks, Mt. Killmanjaro and Mt. Kenya, Osa in the
zebra plane surrounded by a pride of lions, and of course, which earned
the film it's name, amazing scenes of a Baboon colony a US zoo asked the
Johnsons to photograph. This film is a must for both aviation buffs and
anyone who loves images of Africa!
