Martin Johnson

A much earlier set of photographs was taken by Osa and Martin Johnson. These two American adventurers and filmmakers made three expeditions to Serengeti in 1926, 1928, and 1933 (their first expedition of 1922 did not provide photographs of Serengeti as far as I could ascertain). The last expedition used an aircraft, and some aerial photographs are available. Some of the photographs from these expeditions reside in the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum, Chanute, Kansas. In September 1981 I visited this museum, and with the assistance of the curators, obtained copies of photographs whose locations I thought were identifiable.

[Johnson, Martin] Spent three months in the Serengeti making a lion film, Simba.

In 1928, Martin Johnson camped for three months in the Seronera area making his great film Simba.

Flying in the Serengeti could be said to have begun with Martin and Osa Johnson, who took their Sikorsky amphibian planes up from Cape Town in 1933 and covered 60,000 miles of Africa. .... They landed at Seronera and spent two weeks photographing lions.

Back in the 1950s I watched lots of wildlife TV.

One has stayed with me - that of mountain goats startled by a 'filming safari.' The goats jumped into a chasm and made their way down by bouncing back and forth on the parallel walls. Pretty sure it wasn't a dream since I saw a picture some years later (but lost the contact info). I though it was Martin & Ossa Johnson but have not been able to identify.

I've searched on and off since the internet came around.

Any leads would be appreciated.