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Post by skandinavisk on Feb 1, 2021 14:56:46 GMT -8
A very recent and highly recommended natural history series from the unbeatable BBC Natural History Unit is "A perfect Planet". In 5 episodes; 1 Volcano, 2 The Sun, 3 Weather, 4 Ocean, 5 Humans. Footage is simply stunning!
Extended trailer:
A message from Sir David Attenborough on the series:
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LMAO - proud boys here on this forum be triggered!
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 1, 2021 21:40:09 GMT -8
Documentaries are great, and the BBC does a super job.
I love educational tv.,and there's so much more nowadays.
For some reason, this reminded me of a girlfriend, and
after a few years, she said- "do we always have to be learning?"
Control of the remote was not the reason for the demise.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 14:30:05 GMT -8
The planet earth series was a masterpiece.
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Post by Paul K on Feb 2, 2021 21:34:17 GMT -8
The planet earth series was a masterpiece. One of the reason why it is a masterpiece is the narration by David Attenborough, he has a voice of passion to nature. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 21:37:05 GMT -8
Couldn't agree more Paul
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Post by 58chevy on Feb 3, 2021 8:06:45 GMT -8
If it's half as good as the Planet Earth series, it will be well worth watching.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 3, 2021 11:54:26 GMT -8
I've been following the works of David Attenborough for decades, and his documentaries have been a huge influence on me. Some of his earliest major television series, such as "Life on Earth" (1979) and "The Living Planet" (1984), are great favorites of mine, and I've watched them countless times since their original broadcast. Attenborough is now 94, and is probably more active than ever, and still traveling around the world. In fact, he's very likely one of the most traveled people in history!
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 3, 2021 12:08:52 GMT -8
Well, you see traveling a lot helps to keep one young !
On a similar note, I can remember when I was young in the early seventies every Sunday watching mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom.
Every now and again they would play a national geographic special and one of them produced I believe in 1969 or 1970 was all about insects !
It was a fabulous nearly hour long show and it was played a couple of times because I saw it on TV.
Of course, I never saw it played after that and it was probably sent to the archives however, I have never seen it sold in video form or any other.
If anyone happens to know how one could get a copy or see a copy of this particular insect show produce through national geographic I would love to know the information that you uncover...
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 3, 2021 12:26:49 GMT -8
Well, you see traveling a lot helps to keep one young ! On a similar note, I can remember when I was young in the early seventies every Sunday watching mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom. Every now and again they would play a national geographic special and one of them produced I believe in 1969 or 1970 was all about insects ! It was a fabulous nearly hour long show and it was played a couple of times because I saw it on TV. Of course, I never saw it played after that and it was probably sent to the archives however, I have never seen it sold in video form or any other. If anyone happens to know how one could get a copy or see a copy of this particular insect show produce through national geographic I would love to know the information that you uncover... Yes, I'm familiar with that NG film. It's called "The Hidden World: A Study of Insects" (originally broadcast in 1966). You can watch it here, on the Internet Archive - archive.org/details/NatGeoTheHiddenWorld |
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 3, 2021 13:00:50 GMT -8
WOW, I am absolutely impressed with your prompt reply and knowledge of this film.
I really cannot thank you enough for having researched my question so that I can once again see this film nearly 50 years after I last seen it...
For me this was a very memorable and stupendous film and it only solidified my interest in insects after having seen it when I was so very young.
I highly recommend that you watch this film if you have not seen it. Simply wonderful.
Thank you again livingplanet3 !
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 3, 2021 13:32:20 GMT -8
WOW, I am absolutely impressed with your prompt reply and knowledge of this film. I really cannot thank you enough for having researched my question so that I can once again see this film nearly 50 years after I last seen it... For me this was a very memorable and stupendous film and it only solidified my interest in insects after having seen it when I was so very young. I highly recommend that you watch this film if you have not seen it. Simply wonderful. Thank you again livingplanet3 ! Glad to be of help! Indeed, it's a great film, and I've watched it many times. At 20:04 minutes into it, there's a scene that may possibly have been the first motion film footage ever taken of Goliathus (specifically, Goliathus goliatus). Incidentally, a shorter edit (23:36) of this documentary was made for Encyclopaedia Britannica as a classroom film - archive.org/details/thehiddenworldastudyofinsects |
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Post by 58chevy on Feb 3, 2021 17:03:10 GMT -8
Wow, talk about a blast from the past! I had forgotten all about that film. Thanks for the reminder, and the link. I had also forgotten about Wild Kingdom, which I used to watch regularly. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the May 1959 issue of National Geographic, try to obtain a copy. The article "Giant Insects of the Amazon" fueled my interest in insects.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 3, 2021 20:00:29 GMT -8
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 3, 2021 20:17:18 GMT -8
Indeed 58chevy, we older fellas grew up in some very pleasant times as kids. Life was simple then and if you were a budding naturalist cool shows like this would come out every now and again.
Also, you could go to the five and dime store and buy yourself an inexpensive butterfly net for two or three bucks, pick up an old fashioned "bug jug" to keep your captures in and if you had a grandpa that likes cigars he could always save you cigar boxes to store your specimens in !
My, nowadays you can scarcely get any child away from his "handheld computer with the phone app" for 10 minutes AND forget about doing much outside nature related because they will tell you "it's too hot" out...
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 3, 2021 22:42:03 GMT -8
Thanks for the link Livingplanet, I'll watch it. Mutual of Omaha.. the one with the barefoot guy, on before Disney? A lot of people still think
lemmings jump off cliffs.. still indispensable Sunday night tv at the time.
Don't mention those "bug jugs", I still haven't found one.
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