A Bird’s Eye View
Heroes Remember
A Bird’s Eye View
Transcript
Well when I got on the plane to go to
Kamina which was surprising in a sense
that the surprise was you got on the plane
you could see smoke off in the horizon.
It was about a three hour flip, a three and
a half hour flip from Albertville to Kamina
and you could see smoke off in the horizon
and what the natives do is they set fire
to the Savannahs or to the grasslands.
They do this to have the animals chase,
go ahead of it and they then get the
animals if they can, they set fire to it and
they get the animals that come out of in
front of it and that's their food.
Flying from I guess, I believe about a half
hour out of Albertville you see this smoke
and from that time until we get to Kamina
it was smoke and flames. You could see it.
You could see elephant herds and animals
running ahead, giraffes and that sort of
stuff running ahead of the flames which is
a terrible way to have to hunt I suppose,
but that was their way of
getting some of their food.
Description
Mr. Knapton explains a technique for hunting that the natives used.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:14
- Person Interviewed:
- Ron Knapton
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Branch:
- Army
- Rank:
- Warrant Officer
- Occupation:
- Cryptographer
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