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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPECIALS (1974)

THE BIG CATS

Doc. Series & Series of Special

Synopsis

A kaleidoscopically detailed study of the behavior of the lion, leopard and cheetah on the Serengeti Plain of Africa, the Siberian tiger in Russia, and the Asiatic lion in India.

Sponsored by Western Electric and St. Regis Paper
Air Date 3/15/74
NETWORK ABC

Main Credits

Writer Paul Boorstin
Executive Producer NGS Dennis B. Kane
Executive Producer NGS Melvin M. Payne
Producer Paul Boorstin
Director Paul Boorstin
Director Jeri Sopanen
Narrator Leslie Nielsen
Cinematographer Andre Gunn
Cinematographer Albert Kihn
Cinematographer Jeri Sopanen
Editor David Saxon
Composer Walter Scharf

Full Credit List

Writer Paul Boorstin
Research Marjorie M. Moomey
Executive Producer NGS Dennis B. Kane
Executive Producer NGS Melvin M. Payne
Producer Paul Boorstin
Series Producer NGS Melvin M. Payne
Associate Producer Christine Zurbach
In Charge of Production Nicholas Clapp
Director Paul Boorstin
Director Jeri Sopanen
Narrator Leslie Nielsen
Production Coordinator David Cooper
Production Assistant Patricia F. Northrop
Cinematographer Andre Gunn
Cinematographer Albert Kihn
Cinematographer Jeri Sopanen
Additional Photography David Myers
Additional Photography Alan Root
Assistant Camera Robert Klinkert
Assistant Camera James Ragan
Sound Recording Peter Pilafian
Sound Recording Dick Rector
Editor David Saxon
Assistant Editor Chuck Montgomery
Composer Walter Scharf
Acknowledgements George Schaller, Stephen Berwick, Texas A& M University, The Government of India, Lodz Zoo, Poland, Kolmardens Djurpark, Sweden, Denver Conservation Library

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