London To The Cape - A Film Record Of F. Roy Tuckett’s Lone Aerial Trip Reel 2 (1931)

A documentary tracing F. Roy Tuckett’s solo flight from London to the Cape, South Africa. Reel 2. Tuckett stays with a friend Mr John Carvery on his coffee plantation. M/S of his friend’s pet dog and monkey. C/U of the two sitting together. Aerial shot of the plains as Tuckett goes on a hunting trip. He spots a rhinoceros. Various shots of animals running across the plains. M/S of two hunters crossing a river. Panning shot of the river. C/U of the native who will be acting as their guide. Three natives walk along crouched down in the grass. One of the white hunters stands with his rifle being bitten by horse flies. He scratches. The hunters walk through the bush. Tuckett shoots a rhino but he didn’t manage to catch it on film. M/S of the dead rhino. Tuckett stands with one foot on the rhino. L/S of a waterfall. Tuckett films Kilimanjaro from his plane. Various shots of the mountain between the clouds. Snow covered Mount Kenya is seen from the aircraft. Lake Nakuro. Shots of Tuckett’