This color educational film is an episode of the ‘True Adventure’ TV show features a visit with an African pygmy tribe of the Ituri region of the Belgian Congo, the Mbuti people, or Bambuti. These are one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa who speak Central Sudanic and Bantu. The “pygmy tribes” are actually group of ethnicities native to Central Africa, traditionally subsisting on a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle. This episode dates to the early 1960s and was shot by a Danish filmmaker whose name we’re not 100% certain of — her name sounds like Elsbeth Jolvie but a search has not yielded any information about her.

Opening titles: Bill Burrud presents True Adventure (:07). Bill Burrud speaks and introduces the episode (:37). Africa; Congolese people (1:02). Eye of a chameleon (1:17). Bill Burrud speaks (1:33). The Ituri Rainforest (2:39). Feet step in water (3:06). Pygmies in the rain forest (3:14). Pygmies set up nets made out of vines to capture animals for food (3:49). Pygmies beat the ground and make noise to get the prey to head towards the others with the nets (4:30). A deer is killed by the pygmies and hauled off (4:51). Village of the pygmies (5:18). Outsider Elzbeth Jolby and her little boy live amongst the pygmies (5:27). Pygmies sit around (6:20). Pygmy children play games like shooting arrows at a tree (6:52). Pygmies walk around the jungle (7:30). Combat ceremony (8:05). Strange ritual of the Pygmy tribe (8:40). Pygmies go into a hut (9:35). Pygmie dance (10:00). Preparations to hunt (10:05). A pygmy creates a rope from vines (10:58). Poison spears (11:33). Pygmy spears; the men sit near a fire (11:53). The killing of a chicken and the blood of the chicken is rubbed upon the bodies of the men (12:20). Pygmies dance in a circle (12:50). Famous pygmy elephant dance to give themselves courage (14:30). One of the tribe pretends to be the elephant and is ‘wounded’ as part of the celebration (15:25). Pygmies head into the rainforest as Elzbeth Jolby films (16:42).Tiny rays of sunlight (17:48). Strange animals, the jungle is scary (18:00). Elsbeth Jolvie walks in the rainforest (18:33). Male and female chameleons (19:03). Closeups on the chameleons (20:05). Two male chameleons battle (21:22). Chameleons after the fight (23:05). Bill Burrud speaks (24:00). No end credits.

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