Keene Reel 11, Hunting, Trapping, Wilderness Footage

Image

Title

Keene Reel 11, Hunting, Trapping, Wilderness Footage

Identifier

2021-1.11 AV (Keene Reel 11)

Source

Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1

Description

Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of horseback riding, hunting with guns and dogs, animal trapping, wilderness views and scenes (some snowy), Herman Keene at a cabin interacting with animals, animal skins, and loading a mountain lion into a car and into a cage.

Woman on horseback riding along a stream with two men following on foot; Keene posing with taxidermized lion; Man driving away, women and boy waving goodbye; Car driving along hillside; Group of men laying something heavy on the ground; Horse eating hay off back of car, Keene leaves car to pet horse; Man leading a horse with a load on its back through woods, cuts to Keene examining snowy trees briefly; Keene securing mountain lion carcass on horse; Men rolling a large person shaped basket up a hill; Fire burning on small hill with a lot of billowing smoke; Keene walking with mountain lion carcass around his neck dragging a partially eaten deer by its antlers; Keene pushing a wheelbarrow with mountain lion carcass in it; Keene walking down snowy hill; Keene setting up an animal trap and an animal, possibly a bobcat, goes inside; Two men at a campsite; Man on horseback; Man with gun approaching a cabin; Two mounted woodpeckers; Keene with mountain lion carcass tied to car; Man leading mule with load on its back; Keene hanging mountain lion from tree; Keene talking to bowlegged man; Keene inspecting animal carcass then walking up a rocky hill; Dark shot of a man pointing gun at a bear; A bear; Wilderness scenery; Keene leading horse through snow; Horse grazing; Closeup of swollen arm; Group of dogs running through a field, barking at an animal in a tree (animal is pulled from tree and stepped on), barking at a trapped animal, running more, and then being led on leash through fields; Trapped racoon; Keene feeding deer; Keene shoveling his way through snow to an outhouse and shoveling more snow; A car drives through snow; Keene walks around and interacts with animals (dogs, a large cat, rooster, donkeys); Keene hangs animal skins on a building; Keene and a man and woman try to load and secure mountain lion in chicken wire into a car; Mountain lion in chicken wire placed in an enclosure, possibly at Goebel's Lions in Thousand Oaks; Mountain lion walks around enclosure; Man handles and touches dead bear; Waterfall closeup; Mountain lion closeup.

Creator

Unknown

Date

No date

Format

Black and White Film
Home movie
14 min., 34 sec.

Subject

Puma
Hunting
Trapping
Animal carcasses
Horsemanship
Animals
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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.

Type

Image

Language

English

Original Format

16mm film reel

Duration

14:34 at 18 fps

Citation

Unknown, “Keene Reel 11, Hunting, Trapping, Wilderness Footage,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed March 29, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/3822.