Biology:Mysterious Castles of Clay

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Mysterious Castles of Clay
Opening titles
Directed by
  • Joan Root
  • Alan Root
Produced by
  • Joan Root
  • Alan Root
Narrated byOrson Welles
Production
company
Survival Anglia
Distributed byITV
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[1] and received a Peabody Award.


Preservation status

Because the original film was lost, only three copies are known to exist in the United States. One of these is in the possession of famed nature documenter Ken Burns; another is in the possession of the science department of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

See also

  • Orson Welles filmography
  • Survival

References