Man of the Trees

English conservationist Richard St Barbe Baker, here aged 92, presents his ideas with a simple and desperate clarity: "We have to plant forest trees for our lives". He brings world attentiont to the alarming rate at which...

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Short 1981 Documentary 25.00 minutes

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92-year-old conservationist Richard St. Barbe Baker, known as The Man of the Trees, leads a campaign to reclaim the world's deserts and to protect virgin forests from destruction.

Directors

Leon Narbey

Producers

Leon Narbey

John Maynard

Cast

Frances Edmond
Narrator

Martyn Sanderson
Commentary

Crew

Leon Narbey | DOP

David Coulson | Editor

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