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File:Meandering in Africa (1922).webm

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English: Fragment of an American silent documentary film with "the first motion pictures ever taken of live wild gorillas".
Polski: Pierwsze dokumentalne ujęcia żywych dzikich goryli nakręcone w 1921 roku przez Carla Akeleya za pomocą specjalnie udoskonalonej kamery podczas ekspedycji na górę Mikeno w łańcuchu Wirunga położonym na granicy ówczesnego Konga Belgijskiego.
Čeština: První filmový dokument, zachycující gorily ve volné přírodě natočený v roce 1921 Carlem Akeleym speciálně upravenou kamerou v průběhu expedice k hoře Mt. Mikeno v pohoří Virunga na území tehdejšího Belgického Konga.
Македонски: Првиот документарец за горилите, снимен во 1921 г. од Карл Ејкли на венецот Вирунга, на границата на тогашно Белгиско Конго.
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Source American Museum of Natural History Library
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Carl Akeley  (1864–1926)  wikidata:Q1037711 s:en:Author:Carl Ethan Akeley
 
Carl Akeley
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Carl Ethan Akeley; Carl E. Akeley; C E Akeley
Description American sculptor, photographer, inventor, biologist and naturalist
Date of birth/death 19 May 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 18 November 1926 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Clarendon Mount Mikeno
Work period 1879 Edit this at Wikidata–1926 Edit this at Wikidata
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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 26 August 2017. It was captioned as follows:
English: First documentary sequences of living gorillas, shot in 1921 by Carl Akeley with a specially improved camera during an expedition to Mt. Mikeno in the Virunga Mountains at the edge of what was then Belgian Congo.
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Čeština: První filmový dokument, zachycující gorily ve volné přírodě natočený v roce 1921 Carlem Akeleym speciálně upravenou kamerou v průběhu expedice k hoře Mt. Mikeno v pohoří Virunga na území tehdejšího Belgického Konga.
English: First documentary sequences of living gorillas, shot in 1921 by Carl Akeley with a specially improved camera during an expedition to Mt. Mikeno in the Virunga Mountains at the edge of what was then Belgian Congo.
Македонски: Првиот документарец за горилите, снимен во 1921 г. од Карл Ејкли на венецот Вирунга, на границата на тогашно Белгиско Конго.
Polski: Pierwsze dokumentalne ujęcia żywych dzikich goryli nakręcone w 1921 roku przez Carla Akeleya za pomocą specjalnie udoskonalonej kamery podczas ekspedycji na górę Mikeno w łańcuchu Wirunga położonym na granicy ówczesnego Konga Belgijskiego.

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