Fossils - the remains of ancient animals and plants preserved in rock strata - reveal little to the uninitiated, but an expert can read a whole history into the skeleton of a fish petrified in rock or reconstruct the appearance of an extinct animal from fragments of bone or even a footprint.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311696
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)