Ancient Trails in North Africa (1943)
1943 · Short film · 11 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
This 1943 black and white film was produced by Bell & Howell and narrated by author and highly controversial amateur archeologist Count Byron De Prorok and edited by WM. F. Kruse. It is the only one of Prorok's films known to survive at this time, although there hopefully are others. The film begins with reenacted scenes of ancient North African sea marauders, the Berbers (0:40-1:37). Workers dig and transport rock out of an excavation site of ancient Carthage, and an archeologist closely…
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