CinemaOSMovie · 1955 · 1h 1m

Zoo Quest to West Africa

Documentary

In September 1954, David Attenborough, cameraman Charles Lagus, Jack Lester and Alf Woods, both from the Zoological Society of London, set out for Sierra Leone. They spent three months intently surveying the landscapes of Sierra Leone in search of nature’s rarest animals. Although predominantly searching for Picathartes gymnocephalus (the White-necked Rockfowl) they hoped to take back to London a representative collection of the whole of animal life in this part of Africa.

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 1m
Language
EN
Released
August 17, 1955
Studios
BBC

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Starring
David Attenborough

David Attenborough

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Written by
David Attenborough
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
David Attenborough

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