In the late 1860s, newspaperman Henry M. Stanley agrees to go to Africa to find Dr. David Livingston. The good doctor has been reported dead but Stanley's employer, James Gordon Bennet, publisher of the New York Herald doesn't believe. As he is fond of saying, he likes to make the news while others wait for it to happen. Stanley goes first to Zanzibar to organize his safari deep into uncharted Africa. There he becomes enamored with the beautiful Eve Kingsley. He sets off with his sidekick Jeff Slocum and they face many hazards along the way including illness and irate tribesmen. After a year, with only the thoughts of Eve to keep him going, he finally comes across Dr. Livinston, alive and well. He's quite impressed with the work Livingston is doing and eventually returns to England in glory. There however Stanley is met with skepticism but eventually decides to return to Africa to continue Livingston's good work.
—garykmcd