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A Blank on the Map (1971)

A Blank on the Map poster
Genre
nature documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
59 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

David Attenborough travels to New Guinea to document the region's wildlife and remote cultures. The film follows his journey into an area not previously mapped.

documentaryexploratoryinformativecuriousobservanteducationalrestrainedserious

What happens

A Blank on the Map is a television documentary produced by the BBC. Written and presented by David Attenborough, it documents his time filming in New Guinea. It was first broadcast in the UK on 29 December 1971, and is currently available on the DVD collection Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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