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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPECIALS (1972)

THE LAST TRIBES OF MINDANAO

NGS- Melvin M. Payne, President; Melville Bell Grosvenor, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief

Doc. Series & Series of Special

Synopsis

The story of Manuel Elizalde, Jr.'s (son of a powerful Philippine industrialist) mission to teach the primitive tribes of Mindanao modern ways while retaining their own identity, customs and pride against the onslaught of the 20th Century. Includes first footage shot of the Stone Age Tasaday of the Philippines.

Air Date 1/12/72
NETWORK CBS

Main Credits

Writer Dennis Azzarella
Executive Producer NGS Robert C. Doyle
Executive Producer NGS Robert C. Doyle
Producer Dennis Azzarella
Director Dennis Azzarella
Narrator Leslie Nielsen
Cinematographer Adam Giffard
Editor Hyman Kaufman
Composer Walter Scharf

Full Credit List

Writer Dennis Azzarella
Research Marjorie M. Moomey
Executive Producer NGS Robert C. Doyle
Executive Producer NGS Robert C. Doyle
Producer Dennis Azzarella
Series Producer NGS Robert C. Doyle
In Charge of Production Jack Kaufman
Director Dennis Azzarella
Narrator Leslie Nielsen
Production Assistant Patricia F. Northrop
Cinematographer Adam Giffard
Assistant Camera Jerry Jones
Sound Recording Frances Daniel
Editor Hyman Kaufman
Assistant Editor Isagani V. Pastor
Supervising Film Editor NGS David Cooper
Composer Walter Scharf

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AUSTRALIA: The Timeles Land
AMERICA'S WONDERLANDS: THE NATIONAL PARKS
SIBERIA: THE LOST HORIZON
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
MONKEYS, APES & MAN
THE LAST TRIBES OF MINDANAO
MAN OF SERENGETI
THE LAST VIKINGS
STRANGE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
THE VIOLENT EARTH
THE HAUNTED WEST
WIND RAIDERS OF THE SAHARA
JOURNEY TO THE OUTER LIMITS
THE BIG CATS
BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI
IN SEARCH OF THE GREAT APES
THIS BRITAIN: HERITAGE OF THE SEA
THE ANIMAL NOBODY LOVED
THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE