.. Across the World
FEATURE FILM
A
trip up the Nile from 1927 to 1928 with friend and supporter George Eastman
(of Eastman-Kodak fame) and watching the adventures of three American Boy
Scouts on safari highlight this documentary from Martin and Osa's Johnsons'
third African expedition. This film is a “silent with sound”
transition.
Scenes in the field are silent, but the opening, a cocktail party
“home movie” premiere, has sound and was shot in Martin and Osa’s New
York City apartment.
.Across the World
EXTRA DVD
Robert
"Dick" Douglas, one of the three Boy Scouts who accompanied Martin
and Osa during their third expedition and who are featured in the film was
the Keynote Speaker at the museum’s 2005 Film Fest. Mr. Douglas has
written three travel books, has conducted a series of lectures concerning his
travels with the Johnsons, with Amelia Earhardt, and on other Boy Scout lead
adventures.
He just completed his autobiography, The Best 90 Years of My Life.
This DVD is a record of the assorted interviews and programs he presented
during the film festival.
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