"BOLD JOURNEY" 1950s TV SHOW BIG GAME & RHINO HUNTING KENYA, AFRICA DOUGLAS KENNEDY 67574

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This circa 1950s TV show "Bold Journey" is hosted by Jack Douglas, and features the editor of True Magazine, Douglas Kennedy, who was a big game hunter. Published by Fawcett Publications from 1937 to 1974, True magazine was at its most popular in the 1960s when it had a circulation of over 2 million. "Bold Journey" ran for three seasons on ABC, 1956-1959, and this particular episode aired in Season 3. The show begins with brief shot of the editor of True Magazine, Mr. Douglas Kennedy, is followed by footage of his expedition into Africa to search for the notoriously powerful rhinoceros (00:21-00:41). The words, “Bold Journey” are displayed over a compass graphic at 00:51. The host, Jack Douglas, introduces the adventure television show that follows Kennedy on his rhino expedition beginning at 00:58. Douglas interviews Kennedy about his best-selling magazine, followed by his experience chasing after what is deemed a ferocious and dangerous animal, the rhinoceros (01:50-02:45). Nairobi, Africa is pinpointed on a map at 02:47. Nairobi is then depicted and described by Kennedy. Other animal encounters are depicted in the film including zebras, a pride of lions, wildebeest, antelope and hartebeest (03:40-06:30). A charging rhino is shown at 06:35. In the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, the expedition members make their camp (06:53-08:24). At 08:40, a buffalo looks on as one of the men fishes in a nearby stream. The crew brought along a pet rhesus monkey and he hangs around with Bob, a member of the team and the magazine’s chief photographer, at 08:57. A careful hunt of the rhinoceros takes place (09:30-10:20). A rogue rhino has driven the local Maasai people out of their town, so the crew agree to help take down the animal (10:35-13:20). The crew succeeds at taking down the horned animal at 13:28. A fertility dance takes place in the Okama village on the adventurer’s route (15:30-16:15). Thousands of flamingos in flight appear at 16:45. The group encounters elephants near a water source at 17:31 and wrangles a friendly giraffe at 18:45. Some of the crew members practice throwing spears with local tribesmen at 20:23. The films comes back around to the interview space with Kennedy and Douglas, concluding that rhinos can be domesticated but are otherwise dangerous (22:20-23:00). The film concludes with the magazine editor commenting on the true stories found within his publication and how they are discovered.

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