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Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some long bones
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Expedition Amelia

Thirteen bones are found in all, including some long bones, Part of a pelvis, ribs, This...

Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some long bones, Part of a pelvis, ribs,
vertebra, mandible and a skull. Gillespie: This was a whole
episode in the earhart story
that nobody knew about

Full Transcript

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Narrator: Thirteen bones are found in all, including some long bones,
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Part of a pelvis, ribs, vertebra, mandible and a skull.
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Gillespie: This was a whole episode in the earhart story that nobody knew about.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:11
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
Narrator: Nobody knew about because the bones were packed up and sent to the colonial - Expedition Amelia 00:52
Narrator: Nobody knew about because the bones were packed ...
Narrator: The teams here based on a recent reevaluation of the written description of the - Expedition Amelia 00:13
Narrator: The teams here based on a recent reevaluation of t...
He didn't take a long bone measurement of the femur. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
He didn't take a long bone measurement of the femur.
That is really the absolute best bone that we could measure for an accurate - Expedition Amelia 00:06
That is really the absolute best bone that we could measure ...
He says that he can't estimate ancestry, but then goes on to say it's probably a mixed - Expedition Amelia 00:09
He says that he can't estimate ancestry, but then goes ...
Where I think he really got it off was the sex estimation. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
Where I think he really got it off was the sex estimation.
He takes a couple of measurements that he doesn't provide those metrics and says - Expedition Amelia 00:08
He takes a couple of measurements that he doesn't provi...
Narrator: By entering hoodless' measurements of the bones into a - Expedition Amelia 00:20
Narrator: By entering hoodless' measurements of the ...
At a minimum, they should have been analyzed further. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
At a minimum, they should have been analyzed further.
Narrator: The question now is, if the paper archives wound up here on tarawa, - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: The question now is, if the paper archives woun...
Islands in the central pacific, including nikumaroro. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
Islands in the central pacific, including nikumaroro.
The national geographic team believes if the british telegrams ended up here, - Expedition Amelia 00:21
The national geographic team believes if the british tele...
Narrator: The challenge is they've been holding on to many unidentified - Expedition Amelia 00:14
Narrator: The challenge is they've been holding on t...
Narrator: Many of those remains are now housed in tarawa's archives, - Expedition Amelia 00:29
Narrator: Many of those remains are now housed in tarawa&...
It's a small space between your teeth. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
It's a small space between your teeth.
Narrator: She also had repeated surgeries throughout her life due to crippling - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: She also had repeated surgeries throughout her ...
So, seeing that evidence of surgery and the diastema would be great indicators - Expedition Amelia 00:08
So, seeing that evidence of surgery and the diastema would b...
Narrator: The team meticulously studies each bone, - Expedition Amelia 00:10
Narrator: The team meticulously studies each bone,
Hiebert: So, this one also checked off the list. - Expedition Amelia 00:04
Hiebert: So, this one also checked off the list.
Narrator: They search through more than 600 bone fragments, - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: They search through more than 600 bone fragments...