Martin and Osa Johnson - Osa Johnson's The Big Game Hunt

One of television's first wildlife series, Osa Johnson's The Big Game Hunt a.k.a. The Big Game Hunt, ran in the early 1950s. The 26 half-hour episodes were released by Explorers Pictures and primarily used Johnson film. Episodes introduced by Osa Johnson were African Army, Boy Scouts in Africa, Climbing Fish, Floating Terror, Giant Elephants, Goring Brutes, Headhunters of Borneo, Jungle Panic, Jungle Power, Jungle Warriors, Rhinoceros, Simba's Trail, Slinking Fury, and Weird Tribes. Episodes introduced by Ivan T. Sanderson were Armed Menace, Cameras in the Wilderness, Herds of Destruction, Jaws of Death, Kill to Live, Man-Eaters of Masai, Monkey Safari, Pygmy Hunters, Return to Adventure, Terror of the Plains, Trek through Wild Lands, and Wild Man of the Jungle (Orangutan).

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