Wheels Across Africa Pt 1 of 3 (Missing Main Title & opening shots)

Wheels Across Africa Pt 1 of 3 Prod. Armand Denis for Wilding Pictures / Dodge NB main titles & opening shots missing Expedition film following adventurers Leila Roosevelt & Armand Denis 4,700 miles through Africa - sponsored by Chrysler-Dodge to demonstrate capabilities of their off-road vehicles. Group prepares for departure in Paris - 4x4 Dodge trucks painted w/ sign ‘2nd Leila Roosevelt Expedition - Armand Denis Belgian Congo Expedition’ - newsmen & photographers present. Convoy down Place de la Concorde. 07:00:19 Algeciras, Spain - vehicles loaded on cargo ship at dock for crossing Straits of Gibraltar. Map of North Africa. Trucks off boat, Ceuta, Spanish Morocco docks. LS sacred city of Moulay Idriss Fez . Mohammidan festival, wealthy Arabs on horseback race horses & fire rifles; street entertainers inc. fire eater & man laying on & eating broken glass, snake charmer w/ African Black Cobra & drums - cobra touches charmer’s nose. 07:02:29 Map of North Africa w route thru Atlas Mountains & Sahara. Car along snowy woodland road - VO re icy conditions - digging car out of snow as trader passes on horseback wrapped against cold. PoV down mountain road. High pan across desert town - convoy along ridge above valley - shots show variety of landscape on Sahara Desert fringes. 07:04:35 Camel train across Saharan sand dunes, blowing sand; garrison of French Colonial troops gallop on horseback across desert, thru palm trees w/ Fort beyond; into citadel. Expedition convoy crosses desert; trucks dug out of sand - camel caravan passes. 07:08:10 Expedition party on balcony in colonial hats, tilt down to Africans loading truck w/ gasoline for second leg of journey. Denis or Cinematographer Leroy G. Phelps ? filming w/ 35mm Ackley camera. Convoy leaves town, locals on horseback race trucks & overtake - good shots past West African village architecture. Travelogues; Travel; Tourism; Adventurers; Explorers; Exploration; Colonialism; French Foreign Legion; 1930s; Promotions; Advertising; Lecture Films; Gags; Oddities; Entertainment;