“PROVED ON SAFARI” 1964 WINCHESTER FIREARMS PROMO FILM, AFRICAN SAFARI & BIG GAME HUNT GUNS XD46164

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color promotional film from the fateful (by Winchester standards, anyway) year of 1964 showcases newly released Winchester sporting arms demonstrated by professional hunter David Ommanney (1931 - 2001) and Winchester Western district manager Thomas Lynott (1916 - 2006) as they undertake a five-week long African safari. Winchester firearms shown include a Model 70 bolt-action rifle, a Model 255 .22 Magnum lever-action rife, a Model 1200 pump-action shotgun, a Model 101 over/under shotgun, and a Model 1400 semi-automatic shotgun. Produced by Francis Carter Wood, Jr. Presented by Winchester Western, filmed in East Africa with the cooperation of Ker, Downey &. Selby Safaris, Ltd. 00:13 Rhinoceros on the African plain; hunter with rifle emerges from bush and shoots as rhino charges 00:35 TITLE SEQUENCE 00:53 African fauna; zebra, impala, Grant’s