Ostrich Farm (1962)

Oudtshoorn, South Africa. L/S of a flock of ostriches wading through a shallow river. M/S of the flock of ostriches moving towards the camera. Will Hooper, owner of the ostrich farm, rides into shot on a black horse, behind him a black worker on foot is herding the birds. L/S of the ostrich flock jumping over a ditch. C/U of a wooden painted sign reading, ’Highgate Ostrich Farm, Volstruisplaas’. High angle shot of the ostriches being herded past tourists sitting on a stand. Panning shot follows Hooper as he leads a young woman, Myrna Crighton, from the stand to an ostrich held still by two black workers. Low angle C/U of Myrna climbing on to the ostrich’s back. C/U of lots of ostrich heads. M/S of Myrna riding the ostrich. C/U of Hooper watching, he has an ostrich feather in his hat. M/S of a black worker riding an ostrich in circles. M/S of the worker riding the ostrich through some gates, panning shot follows as the bird runs across a dusty yard and the man slips off the back - “the long