Prehistoric Animals of the Tar Pits (1957)
1957 · Short film · 12 min
Synopsis
Describes the tar pits at Rancho La Brea in the city of Los Angeles and shows the skeletons of some of the animals taken from them. Indicates methods used by palaeontologists in identifying and assembling fossil materials and suggests how the animals were trapped in the pits thirty to forty thousand years ago
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Details
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Paleontology