Dassan: An Adventure in Search of Laughter Featuring Nature's Greatest Little Comedians

Dassan: An Adventure in Search of Laughter Featuring Nature's Greatest Little Comedians

1930 · Documentary

A 1930 black and white nature documentary featuring the jackass penguins in their native haunt in the South West coast of Africa.

Directed by Cherry Kearton

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