Film ‘Rango’ (early 1930s) is a document described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Film shot in the Sumatra jungle featuring Datock, the famous tiger hunter of Blang Rakal on the Gajoweg.
Date
early 1930s
Parties
film crew
Subject
Film shot in the Sumatra jungle featuring Datock, the famous tiger hunter of Blang Rakal on the Gajoweg. A scene of a tiger fighting a karbouw (buffalo) was filmed at a spot by a bridge on the Gajoweg.
Significance
Film ‘Rango’ is recorded by Jongejan as part of the documentary record of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 73, 74.