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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPECIALS (1974-1975)

IN SEARCH OF THE GREAT APES

NGS- Melvin Payne, President; Melville Bell Grosvenor, Chairman and Editor-In-Chief

Doc. Series & Series of Special

Synopsis

For six years animal behaviorist Dian Fossey tracks rare mountain gorillas through the rain forest of Central Africa. At last at closer range, an animal reaches out to touch her and accepts her into the world of these Great Apes.

Air Date 1/13/76
NETWORK PBS

Main Credits

Writer Bud Wiser
Executive Producer Nicholas Clapp
Executive Producer NGS Dennis B. Kane
Producer David Saxon
Director Robert M. Campbell
Director Christine Zurbach Wiser
Director Robert M. Young
Narrator Richard Kiley
Cinematographer Robert M. Campbell
Cinematographer Peter Fera
Cinematographer Robert M. Young
Editor David Newhouse
Composer Walter Scharf

Full Credit List

Writer Bud Wiser
Research Marjorie M. Moomey
Executive Producer Nicholas Clapp
Executive Producer NGS Dennis B. Kane
Producer David Saxon
In Charge of Production Nicholas Clapp
Director Robert M. Campbell
Director Christine Zurbach Wiser
Director Robert M. Young
Narrator Richard Kiley
Production Coordinator David Cooper
Production Coordinator Patricia F. Northrop
Cinematographer Robert M. Campbell
Cinematographer Peter Fera
Cinematographer Robert M. Young
Assistant Camera Robert Leacock
Sound Recording Lili Partridge
Sound Recording Tassilo Peyk
Editor David Newhouse
Assistant Editor Erica Flaum
Assistant Editor Dante Rochetti
Composer Walter Scharf
Acknowledgements The Leakey Foundation, The Government of Indonesia & Rwanda

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