Crocodile Thrills
Crocodile Thrills
B/W short subject titled "Crocodile Thrills", c.1930s/40s. Several shots of men in the Florida Everglades, South American Amazon and Burma hunting alligators and crocodiles.
Crocodile Thrills
First part discusses not crocodiles, but alligators in the Everglades. Men grabbing and wrestling with alligators, tying their mouths shut, dragging them away.
Crocodile Thrills
Title Card: "On the Amazon". We get the actual crocodile hunt: natives clubbing crocodiles over the head to subdue them, then gathering them into a huge writhing mass. The final shot: a giant crocodile being dragged into place and held with ropes as one native hits him directly on the head with an ax.
Crocodile Thrills
Title Card: "BURMA". We learn that the natives fight crocodiles for safety. The film's highlight: three young Burmese men wrestling crocodiles into their tiny canoe are beset by a group of crocs, who upset the canoe and pursue them. Two get into a tree, one gets caught: your chance to see a real person in a real croc's mouth. The film implies a happy ending, but it's hard to be sure.