 Wynant D. Hubbard (1900-1961), the author of several books on the continent and its wildlife, spent several months in 1929-1930 in Rhodesia with his family (wife and two children) and cameraman W. Earle Frank assisting.Funding was partly from the American Geographic Society.The chronicle of his adventures, with recorded sound adding to the authenticity, was edited down from an estimated 103, 000 feet of footage and proved to be a popular summertime theatrical series in 1931.