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Children's Television: Five Hundred Million Years Ago

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Which are the oldest animals on earth?
How did new animals come into being?
Facts are often stranger than fiction as will be shown in these programmes taking us on a journey through time.
The programme compiled and introduced by John Newell and based on the original series presented in May.
Film by the Macqueen Film Organisation

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Compiled and introduced by:
John Newell
Animated diagrams:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Clive Parkhurst
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