GOLDEN HORNS Part 1

Description

SUMMARY: A documentary made in 1947 about a deer farm in Novosibirsk. Deer used to run wild in this thickly wooded district, a prey to tigers and accidents of nature. Like the flowers, the horns of the deer grow every spring. From these horns they obtain a drug called "Pantokrin", used in nervous diseases. Formerly a hunter would set out and shoot a deer, then cut off his head in order to obtain the horns. But now a farm has been built which is surrounded by a wire fence to protect the deer. Here they are fed and allowed to run freely. At certain intervals they are held in a harness while their horns are cut off painlessly. Then they run off again. In this manner the valuable drug is obtained more easily.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division