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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

This was before any of us were awarethat there were problems

This was before any of us were aware
that there were problems

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This was before any of us were aware that there were problems.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:35
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.
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.
It was the first time - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:23
It was the first time
One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
One of the extraordinary things about it was that the world
It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in space could see - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:09
It was extraordinary that you could see what a man out in sp...
And I remember very well that first shot. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:05
And I remember very well that first shot.
You saw a blue marble, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
You saw a blue marble,
And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanity with nothing else - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:10
And in that one shot, there was the whole of humanity with n...
And that completely changed the mindset of the population, - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:08
And that completely changed the mindset of the population,
Our home was not limitless. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 00:13
Our home was not limitless.