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David Attenborough - The Early Years
A collection of programmes, letters and photographs from 1955-1969, showcasing the early work of Sir David Attenborough.
David Attenborough - The Early Years
Elsa the Lioness
The Miracle of Bali - 3 Episodes
The People of Paradise - 5 Episodes
BBC (1960/1961/1969/2013)
Introduction by Sir David Attenborough:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Wjd4nljgdglfrdssHz67mz/sir-david-attenborough-introduces-his-bbc-four-collection
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p00zw1jd
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These are the remaining shows of the currently available BBC Four Collection
David Attenborough - The Early Years
I already uploaded the other files in earlier torrents:
https://1337x.to/torrent/1469782/Zoo-Quest-w-David-Attenborough-BBC-1955-1961-w-subs-468p/
https://1337x.to/torrent/1462183/Adventure-with-Sir-David-Attenborough-BBC-1963-1965-w-subs-468p/
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832x468 resolution
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With subtitles - enjoy !!
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David Attenborough - The Early Years
First transmitted in 2013, Sir David Attenborough recalls key moments from his early broadcasting career and shares the stories behind them.
Among the highlights featured are Sir David's first encounter with Elsa the lioness immortalised by the Born Free book, and the logistics behind being the first to film indri lemurs, using a recording of their loud, distinctive calls to entice the animals out of hiding.
Having recently completed the landmark natural history series Africa (2012), Sir David also reflects on his first trip to the continent while filming Zoo Quest to West Africa in 1955.
Elsa the Lioness
First transmitted in 1961, David Attenborough travels to Meru National Park in Kenya to meet Elsa the lioness and her cubs shortly before Elsa's death.
In the late 1950s, game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy became the carers of three orphaned cubs - Elsa, Big One and Lustica - after George had been forced to kill their mother.
Big One and Lustica were eventually sent to Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands, but Elsa remained with the Adamsons. Joy's quest to train Elsa to survive in the wild and Elsa's subsequent independence became the basis for the book and film Born Free.
Now living in the wild with her own three cubs in Meru National Park, David joins the Adamsons as they try to track down Elsa to check up on her wellbeing.
The Miracle of Bali
----The Midday Sun--
First transmitted in 1969, this is a general introduction to Bali, its people and their varied arts, with the main focus on Peliatan village, its orchestra and dancers.In the first of this three-part series, David Attenborough visits composer Anak Agung Gde Mandera in Peliatan, who went on a successful word tour with his Gamelan orchestra in 1952. David Attenborough also observes three young Balinese girls being trained and finally performing the greatest of Bali’s classical dances, the Legong. The girls are under the tuition of Gusti Made Sengok, a master of Peliatan Legong. Aside from music and dance, the programme focuses on the flourishing art scene. Mask maker Ida Bagus Ketut presents a selection of masks he has carved for the night-long plays and David meets traditional Balinese painter Ida Bagus Made, one of the many artists inspired by German primitivist painter Walter Spies.
----Night--
First transmitted in 1969, this episode covers the rituals and festivals of Bali, officially Hindu, but with origins in ancient ceremonials practised long before Hinduism came to the island.The Miracle of Bali: Night focuses on the Balinese tradition of ‘sanghyang’, a sacred Balinese dance where the performers body is believed to be inhabited by a spiritual entity, rendering the performer into a trance. The first performance captured is a sanghyang dedari, a dance performed by pre-pubescent girls. Other forms of sanghyang possession trances shown are sanghyang jaran and sanghyang celeng, in which the male dancers are possessed by the spirits of horses and pigs respectively. David Attenborough also witnesses a spectacular traditional masked dance depicting a battle between mythological characters Barong and Rangda. The performance, however, descends into chaos, with men in the crowd also falling into a trance and rushing to attack Rangda.
----Recital of Music--
First transmitted in 1969, the final part of Miracle of Bali is a treat for fans of traditional Balinese music and dancing.Narrated by David Attenborough the programme consists of performances filmed in Peliatan linked by an appropriately illustrative detail from Balinese paintings.There are recitals by four musical ensembles featuring bamboo xylophones, jaw harps, bamboo shakers and metallophones. The dances shown include the Tumulilingan Mengisap Sari (the bumblebee sips honey), the Baris (warrior dance) and the Kecak (monkey dance).
The People of Paradise
----The Land Divers of Pentecost--
First transmitted in 1960, in this series David Attenborough undertakes an expeditionary tour of the South West Pacific in search of disappearing indigenous customs and rituals.
David Attenborough was personally invited to the region by none other than the reigning monarch of Tonga, Queen Salote, to attend the Tongan Royal Kava Ceremony.
On their way to Tonga, David and his team explore the South West Pacific, travelling to numerous islands and immersing themselves in this exotic culture.
The journey starts at the islands of the New Hebrides. In Pentecost, David Attenborough marvels at a diving custom performed by male islanders. From a 100ft (30m) tower vantage point platform, male islanders complete death-defying dry land diving stunts.
----Cargo Cult--
First transmitted in 1960, David Attenborough encounters a peculiar cult group, while surveying the New Hebrides as part of his expedition to the South West Pacific.
In Tanna, David interviews members of the John Frum cargo cult. The group's members take an unusual interest in radio signalling equipment, and they build intricate scarlet gates and crosses throughout the island and across the hazardous volcanic plains.
--The Firewalkers of Fiji--
First transmitted in 1960, David Attenborough meets the legendary firewalkers of Beqa Island, Fiji, who captivated both himself and his crew.
Their visit is part of an expeditionary tour of the South West Pacific Islands in search of vanishing South Seas rituals and customs.
----Outer Islands of Fiji--
First transmitted in 1960, David Attenborough visits the outer islands of Fiji during his tour of the South West Pacific Islands in search of vanishing South Seas rituals and customs.On the volcanic island of Koro, David Attenborough meets a tribal leader who claims to have extraordinary powers over the creatures of the sea, being able to summon sharks and turtles from the depths of the ocean.
----Canoes and Coconut Crabs--
First transmitted in 1960, David Attenborough's tour of the South West Pacific reaches Kambara. There he searches for one of the last double canoes in Fiji, in which South Sea Islanders made their immense voyages across the Pacific.
The journey continues to Tonga, an island rich in coconut crabs and fruit bats. In the grounds of the Tongan Palace, David Attenborough meets Tu’i Malila, a tortoise from Madagascar presented to the Tongan Royal Family by Captain James Cook in July 1777.
----Royal Tonga--
First transmitted in 1960, David Attenborough witnesses the Royal Kava Ceremony that he is fortunate enough to attend whilst in Tonga.Few Europeans have ever been permitted to see the regal splendour of this ancient and sacred ceremony, where the female sovereign herself takes part. Attenborough is given unprecedented access to the event and shares his tale.
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