This Charles Urban documentary offers twenty shots and the Zambesi River. Because the Falls are located on the border of modern Zimbabwe and Zambia, it was a particularly difficult location to get to more than 110 years ago. Nevertheless, the unnamed camera crew managed a fine assortment of shots in difficult terrain, including a number of short pan shots beginning about part 12. Quite an achievement for a year when documentary shorts longer than a single shot -- the technical modern term is 'actuality' -- were only a couple of years old.
Although the people in the area had known about the Falls for thousands of years, and some of them can be seen in their canoe-like boats, the first European to see them was probably Dr. Livingstone in November of 1855. They are quite a sight!
Although the people in the area had known about the Falls for thousands of years, and some of them can be seen in their canoe-like boats, the first European to see them was probably Dr. Livingstone in November of 1855. They are quite a sight!