Dear Listers, I have come across this remarkable 1934 1-hour film called 'Beyond Bengal' in archive.org. (Enter the title in the search box and look in 'Films'. It also has an entry in IMDb.com.) It has been made by producer/director/actor Harry Schenck, an American, and shows an expedition into the depths of the Malayan jungle. Schenk and a 'scientist' Joan Baldwin undertake a longish 4-month trek through the jungle, supported by hundreds of native beaters, a camera crew, dozens of tamed elephants and mules. At the outset, the expedition is given a benign send-off by the Sultan of Perak, Iskandar Shah. The 4-month sojourn into the jungle, ending with a perilous river-crossing into civilization, is presented in the film. In terms of the commentary and the events filmed, it is politically extremely incorrect by today's standard. Such a film will not be allowed to be filmed today. It has the superior white shikaris lording over the simpering and obedient natives, an obliging Sultan and tigers and other animals being shot down left and right. Some of the scenes are of such an extreme nature that one wonders whether they were real or faked. A man and a monkey are caught in python coils, humans are caught in the jaws of crocodiles and are pulled below water (though they survive as the crocs, in turn, are shot to death), a huge herd of wild elephants chases native beaters through a swamp and attacks the camera crew, striped Bengal tigers attack beaters and are also killed, natives pull out cobras with bare hands from their hiding places and so on... The film ends with a perilous river crossing on the backs of elephants, with dozens of crocodiles snapping from all sides. "Scientist' Joan does not do any science at all. She is more of a damsel in distress for the stoic Harry to save! The movie also has a sequence of a huge herd of ferocious animals called 'sladang'. I had not heard of this name earlier and looked for it in google. A sladang appears to a wild bull, like the Indian 'Gaur' and is believed to have become extinct in recent times. Altogether a remarkable film, the like of which may not made anymore... Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, May 09, 2010.