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Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Magic in the Rocks (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary
In the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death. He ...See moreIn the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death. He further demonstrates how scientists use a variety of ingenious methods to extract once living creatures and plants from their rocky tombs. Written by kentholke See less
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Writer
David Attenborough (by)
Producer
Mike Salisbury (produced by)
Composer
Terry Oldfield (music)
Cinematographer
Graham Frake (photography)
Editor
Colin Cradock
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Updated Apr 23, 1989
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Apr 23, 1989 (United Kingdom)
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