Keene Reel 15, Wilderness Scenes, Snowy Weather, African Lions, and Hunting Footage
Sespe Wilderness (Calif.)
Mountain life
Animal carcasses
Puma
Lion
Captive wild animals
Santa Barbara Forest Reserve
Hunting
Trapping
Snow
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of backcountry, wilderness, snowy weather, captive African lions, hunting and trapping of animals.
Child playing in yard with dog and cat; Trees and large rocks; Two people outside of structure in woods, very dark footage, reading paper; Horse walking through stream and walking along path on steep rocky hill; Cat running through yard of cabin in snowy weather; Backcountry, group of men in hats carrying covered stretcher or backboard that appears to have a body on it, placing the body on horseback; Group of turkeys in clearing behind fence; Keene holding chained African lion by chest/under its front legs and swinging it side to side; Keene beating African lion with chain; Man feeding African lion cub with bottle; Man and horse walking through snowy woods; Car driving along snowy road; Man outside canvas building rolling a cigarette; Man entering log cabin with shake roof; Man riding white horse out of brush, meeting another man leading a horse (bowlegged man from 2021-1.4), smoking pipes; Rattlesnake upside down in water, appearing to struggle; Man and horse in snowy woods; Man cooking on campfire; Upside down footage of chipmunk; Man carrying dead mountain lion in woods; Man looking through low brush; Horse outside cabin; Water under bridge, bridge missing parts, possibly destroyed, man in barrel hanging from cable navigates across gap between bank and bridge piling; Duplicate footage of Keene arriving to house with woman and two children; Two men shaking hands outside building; Icicles; Man leads horse to wooden drinking trough in woods; Sign on tree that reads "Santa Barbara National Forest, Henderson Trail, Frazier Mt Long Dave, Lockwood Valley - Lebec, Tejon Ranger Stations, Sespe Via Alder Creek"; Man leading horse through woods, using axe on downed tree; Bobcat in trap; Animal running away through woods; Paw prints in sand, dry dirt; Mountain lion in net being given water or milk (duplicate of 2021-1.1); Men on street pulling dead mountain lion in net out of back of car; Dead boar; Man and pack horses walking on trail through trees and large boulders; Man walking with pack horse past rock cabin with shake roof; Sailboat in cove; Backcountry; Man holding snake.
Unknown
Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this film has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Black and White Film
Home Movie
10 min., 2 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.15 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/h22adik86nmz2sh/2021-1.15AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 15)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Keene Reel 4, Hunting and Trapping
Hunting
Trapping
Horses
Animal carcasses
Mountain life
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of hunting, trapping, horses, wild animals, and wilderness. Two reels available of same footage. Reel 12 missing final scene of mountain lion in trap.
Keene posing with taxidermized animals; Keene packing car with boxes and blankets; Car driving along very rough dirt road on side of steep hill; Keene moving boulders and shoveling hillside, possibly clearing road; Car arrives at cabin is greeted by horse; Two men with four horses ascend steep hill, ride through pine trees; Animal tracks; Man setting up metal animal trap, burying it in ground; Mountain lion caught in trap; Man carrying dead mountain lion out of the woods; Deer walking in clearing; Coyote in trap; Man walking along trail with horses; Man feeding horse in trough at cabin; Man inspecting trees for animal marks; Men walking down hill to overturned car; Parade footage of marching band that appears to be military, float with four taxidermized mountain lions; Man with two horses riding in wilderness; Badger backing away from camera and running away; Dead mountain lion under tree, man pulling mountain lion out from under tree; Loading body of lion onto horse; Man riding horse followed by 5 pack horses; Man leading pack horse through snowy woods; Man shooting mountain lion at close range; Snowy scene with cabin, smoking chimney; Man loading horse with boxes; Man shooting gun; Man posing with dead wild boar; Man shooting bear at close range; Mountain lion in net being given water; Birds flying; Footage of sheer cliffs; Birds flying; Keene posing with taxidermized condor; Dirt road; Stream bed; Brush and dead mountain lion under brush; Dead mountain lion in clearing with deer carcass; Two men examining animal bones; Injured snake on ground; One snake eating another snake; Man taunting snake with boot; Snakebitten hand; Man examining ground; Two men with two horses behind them, talking, one man is bowlegged; Bowlegged man walking across open space; Mountain lion in trap.
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Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this film has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Black and White Film
Home Movie
14 min., 38 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.4 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1s49x7vjynn3v72/2021-1.4AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 4)</a>
2021-1.12 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zsoeul0ipm4p3dv/2021-1.12AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 12)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)