“PROVED ON SAFARI” 1964 WINCHESTER FIREARMS PROMO FILM, AFRICAN SAFARI & BIG GAME HUNT GUNS XD46

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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 gazelle, kongoni (hartebeest), topi, waterbuck, warthog, lion, cape buffalo, elephants 01:45 African game birds 01:53 Giraffe 02:04 Alitalia Airlines Boeing 707 arrives in Nairobi, Kenya 02:14 Sign showing distances from Nairobi Airport to major world cities, passengers deplaning 02:26 Aero Commander 500 arrives at Arusha Airport, Tanganyika 02:36 David Ommanney introduced 02:45 Thomas Lynott, Winchester, Westem District, Manager, introduced 03:04 Column of trucks moves across the plain; Ommaney and Lynott arrive at camp 03:26 Ommaney and Lynott sight-in their rifles 03:58 Lynott demonstrates the new Winchester Model 70 rifle 06:21 Ommaney and Lynott stalk a herd of topi 06:53 Topi shot, carcass inspected 07:13 Ommaney and Lynott stalk a herd of zebras 07:40 Zebra shot, carcass inspected 07:59 Lynott demonstrates Winchester Model 255 .22 Magnum lever action rife, Maasai tribesmen fire a few shots 09:25 Lynott demonstrates new Winchester Model 1200 pump-action shotgun 11:05 Flock of sandgrouse; Ommaney and Lynott load shotguns with Winchester Super X Mark 5 shells 11:21 Sandgrouses shot, guide retrieves carcasses 12:55 Lynott switches to Winchester Model 1400 semi-automatic shotgun 13:34 Ommaney and Lynott inspect sandgrouse carcasses 14:03 Lynott explains composition of Super X Mark 5 shells 15:22 Ommaney, Lynott and guides stalk cape buffalo herd 15:40 Cape buffalo shot, carcass inspected and horns measured 17:03 Lynott “celebrated” in camp 17:21 Ommaney and Lynott shoot wildebeest, gazelle, leopard, birds, zebra 18:33 Elephants with Mount Kilimanjaro in background; CREDITS

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American maker of firearms, founded by Oliver Winchester in 1866, and located in New Haven, Connecticut. The company was most well known for its Model 1873 lever-action rifle, marketed as "The Gun That Won the West." By the 1960s, however, the rising cost of skilled labor was making it increasingly unprofitable to produce Winchester's classic designs, and the result was a new line of guns that replaced most of the older products in 1963–1964. The immediate reaction of the shooting press and public was overwhelmingly negative: the popular verdict was that Winchester had sacrificed quality and was no longer considered to be a prestige brand, causing a marked loss of market share. To this day, gun collectors consider "post-’64" Winchesters to be both less desirable and less valuable than their predecessors.

David Ommanney was a professional hunter who was born in Jalgaon, India in 1931. As a boy he met retired tiger hunter Jim Corbett. Dave joined Lawrence Brown & Lunan Safaris in 1952 as an apprentice and eventually won the East African Professional Hunters Award in 1958. The following year he was seriously wounded by a leopard, with a chunk of flesh torn out of his shoulders and arms.

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