01 Jan 1948
Time and Terrain
Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place-a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin, torrid...
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Jay O. Sanders Narrator (voice)
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