Posted by Joe Cimoch [162.158.75.67] on Thursday, November 02, 2017 at 08:43:34 :
Armand and Michaela Denis with their Power Wagon.
From Wikipedia:
In order to finance their independent work, the couple travelled to Africa in 1950 to work on the feature film, King Solomon's Mines, in which Michaela acted as Deborah Kerr's double. In 1953 they made a new film together, Below the Sahara, and appeared on BBC radio to promote it. The BBC saw the couple's potential for television work, and in 1954 they produced a successful TV programme, Filming Wild Animals.
The quality of Armand Denis' film-making, combined with his heavy accent and Michaela's enthusiasm and glamorous appeal, made them fixtures on BBC TV screens during the 1950s and early 1960s, revolutionising wildlife documentaries on television. They made several series for both BBC and ITV, including Filming In Africa (1955), Armand and Michaela Denis (1955–58), On Safari (1957–59), and Safari to Asia (1959–61), which were repeated until well into the 1960s.
I wonder if Armand Denis was introduced to Power Wagons during his work on King Solomon's Mines (1950), which also used Power Wagons? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfTvtQdgGLI (note reference to "gin pole")
More Armand Denis films on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxDPWUikbjTZtoQp8kF8xrRY6N-vBHZL-
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