About this season
Retraces how the mysteries of dinosaurs were first undiscovered by scientists in the 1800s.
Episodes (4)
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E1
1. The Tale of a Tooth
Aired 8 September 1991 • 60 min
When Englishman William Buckland found a large tooth in 1824, scientists began to unravel the mystery a world no one knew existed.
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E2
2. Tale of a Bone
Aired 9 September 1991 • 60 min
Cronkite heads to Montana, Wyoming and Utah, where dinosaur bones were discovered in the 1870s.
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E3
3. The Tale of an Egg
Aired 10 September 1991 • 60 min
A dinosaur egg was found in the Gobi Desert in 1922. More eggs were found later in a nesting site in Montana.
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E4
4. Tale of a Feather
Aired 11 September 1991 • 60 min
The story of an unusual dinosaur with feathers found in Germany in 1861.