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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

And the idea could be passedfrom one generation to the next

And the idea could be passed
from one generation to the next

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And the idea could be passed from one generation to the next.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:12
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Silverback Films,Altitude Film Entertainment,WWF-UK

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Movie Summary

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
We were transforming what a species could achieve. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
We were transforming what a species could achieve.
A few millennia after this began, I grew up at exactly the right moment. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
A few millennia after this began, I grew up at exactly the r...
The start of my career in my 20s - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:20
The start of my career in my 20s
Wherever I went, there was wilderness. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:33
Wherever I went, there was wilderness.
It was the best time of my life. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:07
It was the best time of my life.
The Second World War was over, technology was making our lives easier. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:14
The Second World War was over, technology was making our liv...
[Attenborough] It felt that nothing would limit our progress. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:11
[Attenborough] It felt that nothing would limit our progress...
This was before any of us were aware that there were problems. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
This was before any of us were aware that there were problem...
My first visit to East Africa was in 1960. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
My first visit to East Africa was in 1960.
Back then, it seemed inconceivable that we, a single species, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:12
Back then, it seemed inconceivable that we, a single species...
The Maasai word "Serengeti" means "endless plains." - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
The Maasai word "Serengeti" means "endless pl...
You can be in one spot on the Serengeti, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
You can be in one spot on the Serengeti,
[bellowing] - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
[bellowing]
A quarter of a million zebra. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
A quarter of a million zebra.
A few days after that... - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:14
A few days after that...
It took a visionary scientist, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:06
It took a visionary scientist,
He and his son used a plane to follow the herds over the horizon. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
He and his son used a plane to follow the herds over the hor...
They charted them as they moved across rivers, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:32
They charted them as they moved across rivers,
And a few years later, that idea became obvious to everyone. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
And a few years later, that idea became obvious to everyone.
[NASA technician] Five, four, three, two one, zero. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:13
[NASA technician] Five, four, three, two one, zero.