Bring 'Em Back Alive: Modern Mechanix #2

Frank Buck7, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. As explained in the Modern Mechanix article, the filmmakers set up their cameras at a jungle waterhole, figuring that eventually animals would show up there. According to the cameraman, the python showed up first and had its fight with the crocodile. Then the tiger showed up and fought with the python. With three cameras already in position, the fight was captured from three different angles. Even though the python eventually gained an advantage over the tiger, its strength gave out and the tiger escaped with its life. Although the real truth about how this sequence was filmed will probably never be known for sure, it is more likely that the waterhole was included in the section of jungle that the filmmakers enclosed inside the fence. The python and the tiger were then put inside together, and the cameramen filmed the result when they met. (This rather callous method for getting exciting action footage was also used by Clyde Beatty, who staged fights between lions and tigers for his films.)