People Hunting with Cheetahs, India 1939

This is a segment from the film Life with an Indian Prince. In 1939 two young Americans traveled to India to experience the falconry practices of Indian royalty and to photograph and film wildlife for National Geographic. In addition to hunting with birds of prey, members of the royal party used to hunt with cheetahs. This sport and way of life has disappeared into history. This rare footage is quite unique, and most probably the only of its kind.

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[khattak3]

im stun.were color cameras invented in or b4 1939?

[bouju1]

The first movie cameras came about during the end of the 1800's.

Just for reference, "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" were released in 1939.

[amro abdulbade]

amazing, unfortunitly there are no cheetas in that area, god help tigers and leprd

[anandjoshuasookrah]

I hope they are reintroduced to the wild again, some Asiatic cheetahs are left in Iran.

[justinian53]

the cheetahs are extinct in india

[nomadik7]

If they're importing Cheetahs from South Africa then they're introducing an exotic specie. How is that a "return of native cat"?

[awesomegirl1024]

Wow! This is amazing!

[Soheb Diviner]

Great hunters...

[Urmom Johnson]

Damn nature u scary

[Harpreet Grewal]

OMG!!! that is the coolest thing i have ever seen...lol...that's beautiful and true harmony between man and nature

[xplosivelilly]

the cheetah is returning to india...they're planning to import cheetahs from south africa and release them into sanctuaries. However it's not the same subspecies as the ones featured here. This subspecies is only located in Iran about 100 individuals. But at least now india has back one of it's native cats :)

[Indiancrab]

cool

[magycspeed]

ogarii  sunt apa de ploaie :))))