TheexpeditionthatshotthisfilmwassponsoredbytheFrenchGovernmentandtheMuseumofMan,forthepurposeofmakingalastingrecordofthenativetribesinFrenchEquatorialAfrica,andtheUSAhadnothingtodowithexceptshowthefilmthatwasshotbytheFrenchexpedition,andeditedintoanexploitationstinker.TheexpeditionmembersconsistedofagroupofyoungFrenchscientists.Theresultingfilmthatwastakenfromtheextensiveday-to-dayfootage,waschoppeddowntoaboutonly68minutes(USAtime)and,whiletheremaybeunseenanduntoldthousandsoffeetonthisfilmattheMuseumofMan,theexploitation-typefilmthatresultedwaslotsofnativenudity,abadly-photographedgorillahuntandthedissectionofanimalsbythenatives.TaggedbytheproducersasaDocumentary(togetbythenudity),itgotMPPAapprovalandcodesealnumber14460.