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1997 Β· 60m Β· Documentary
The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.
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Footage of the seabirds found in the Shetland Isles. One of a group of films made by Jenny Brown and bought by John Grierson for the GPO Film Library in the 1930s.
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