''A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization'' was a UK film released in

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

, directed and written by Cherry Kearton. Shot on 35mm film in silent black and white, it was distributed by WTC. The film was produced in 1911 by the Ethnographic Society of London, who had previously commissioned Kearton to film a traditional Kenyan dance performed to honour

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

when he visited the country in 1909.

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* 1912 films British black-and-white films British silent short films Films directed by Cherry Kearton {{1910s-UK-film-stub