Taxidermist (1961)

Nairobi in Kenya, Africa. C, U of the face of a stuffed lion, with jaw slightly open. Various shots of an African man working on the model. M, S shows numerous people at work on different animals at the openair workshops of taxidermy expert Paul Zimmerman. Paul checks on the work on the lion. Various shots of other animals being put together; a rhino and an antelope. Another man is seen sticking pins into a lion head in order to secure a facial expression; this one looks like a roar We see a man filing an elephant foot, then C, U of two large animal hooves mounted on wood and used as bookends. M, S other items; antelope hoof bookends, a large hoof with an ashtray and cigarette in the top of it and what seems to be an elephant foot with a piece of polished wood inside it; possibly a fruit bowl or drinks tray M, S of a zebra skin being stretched over a large wooden board and secured with spiked pegs. M, S of a man working on the head of a water buffalo. Cuts exist see separate record. FILM