Fritz und Fratz cartoon about an expedition in India

Identifier
irn1003819
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.547.1
  • RG-60.4355
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (Subject)
  • Consuelo Kagan

Biographical History

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) was an accomplished British soldier who commanded successful campaigns in South Africa, Malta, and India, engaged in military reconnaissance, and was the hero at the Siege of Mafeking (1899-1900) during the Boer War. He is the founder of the world Scouting movement and published the manual "Aids to Scouting."

Scope and Content

Degeto Schmalfilm-Schrank "Fritz und Fratz" "Jumbo Als Retter" Fritz und Fratz cartoon featuring an elephant in India. Scenes show canoeing, a hot air balloon crashing, a broken air pump, the boys tempting an elephant with a banana, the elephant providing air for the hot air balloon, and all characters taking off. The balloon reads "Indien Expedition Prof. Pax". Professor Pax is better known as General Baden-Powell

Subjects

  • CARTOONS
  • EXPEDITIONS

Places

  • , India

Genre

  • Film
  • Animation.
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