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A Voice for the Wilderness (1983)

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clip Beech trees education content clip 3

Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

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The Antarctic beech trees grow to 50 metres and lives for up to 1,000 years in the cool temperate rainforest.

As children we learn to fear forests as the home of witches and wolves. But this forest is full of gentle giants – lovely trees.