Buffalo Rider (1976)

The buffalo knocks a stove onto a man's leg. This may be shocking and disturbing to some viewers.

Several animals are put into seemingly real danger during this film, while others may have been killed on-screen. Multiple buffalo are shot on camera. While it is possible that the buffalo where just shot with a rubber bullet and where trained to fall over motionless, seeing animals being shot and apparently falling over dead may be alarming to children.

In one part, a cougar grabs a raccoon by the throat and attempts to drown it in a river. While the raccoon ends up being ok, seeing the cougar slowly drag the raccoon to the river and then hold it underwater might be alarming to children.

There area also several scenes where at least three racoons and a buffalo are shown struggling to stay above water as they are swept down a rapidly flowing river. All the animals turn out ok.

In one scene, two bears "fight" over a meal (which happens to be an injured human). The fight is seemingly very violent, as the bears bite, swipe, and wrestle with each other. In some shots you can see their fur stained red (seemingly with blood), although this may have just been some sort of dye. Both the bears survive.

A few of the characters are shown smoking pipes. A few others are shown chewing and spitting chewing tobacco.

There are a few scenes in a saloon, but alcohol is barely shown.

Many animals are put into seemingly real danger during this film. Others may have been killed outright on camera, and still other animals are shown being injured in one way or another. For example, in one scene a buffalo violently kicks a wolf or coyote in the face. In another, a cougar attacks a raccoon, grabs it by the throat, drags it to a river, and then holds it head underwater.

While I have seen worse in National Geographic documentaries, hearing the narrator cheerfully explain how the cougar decided to drown the raccoon while seeing the raccoon flailing around half-underwater may be too much for children.