1955 South African Lion hunt

[Hoas]

A Lion hunt from 1955 in South Africa. Thought to share this with you.

 

[Don Hinton]

Real men from days gone by

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[TByrd]

Look's like the kind of man who would say, "Damn, that was a $4 shirt."

 

[LivingTheDream]

Great video, the last few seconds with the cigand him holding the lion all bandaged up are pretty priceless.

 

[Brent in Az]

Sitting on top of the Lion, covered in blood, having a smoke. Gotta love it!

 

[CAustin]

Yep a real man had to have a smoke after anything physical!

 

[postoak]

It would be interesting to know the background story on this. It looks like they walked up very close to multiple lions, although the camera may be distorting things. Also, why was this being filmed? That would be pretty unusual for the 1950s.

 

[gillettehunter]

Looked like they waited to shoot until it was charging. Seemed odd they didn't start shooting a little earlier....
Bruce