Africa Before Dark

Africa Before Dark is an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animated short released on February 20, 1928.
This was one of many Oswald shorts long thought to be lost. In 2009, a fragment of Africa Before Dark was found and by 2015 a full copy was found in a German film archive and was shown at a screening at Disneyland on January 14, 2015.Laughing Place entree for "Wednesdays With Walt: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit"
==Synopsis==
Oswald goes big game hunting in Africa. He tries to capture a tiger cub before having a run-in with a ferocious lion.
== Characters ==
*Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
*Elephant
*Tiger Cub
*Lion
==Trivia==
* The gag where Oswald catches the tiger cub by removing his face "mask" was previously used in the 1925 short Alice Gets Stung.
** The final gag, where Oswald escapes danger by having his elephant flap his ears to fly off a cliff (similar to Dumbo), was reused in the 1931 short The Moose Hunt with Mickey Mouse and Pluto.
* The elephant from the short would appear under the title "Elephant on a Bicycle" as a common crew member for Oswald in Disney Speedstorm.
==Home video releases==
Blu-ray
* Bambi: Anniversary Signature Edition
==Gallery==
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== Videos ==
File:Sneak Peek- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in "Africa Before Dark"
File:Bambi Africa Before Dark Bonus Piece
==References==
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Category:Animated shorts
Category:Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts
Category:1928 shorts
Category:Public domain cartoons