Zoo Quest to West Africa

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Zoo Quest to West Africa (1955)

Documentary · 1h 01m

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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Cast

Crew

Writer
David Attenborough
Editor
Robert Verrall
Producer
David Attenborough

Details

Release date
1955-08-17
Runtime
1h 01m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Production
BBC