# The Making of a Continent: Part 1 -- Corridors of Time

Based on the book of the same title by Ron Redfern

Rated G

Producer-writer, Michael Andrews

Examines the traumatic geologic events that led to the shaping of the North American continent. Uses aerial photography and animation to know the great canyons of the Colorado Plateau and to tell their story. Explains that because the Colorado River and its tributaries have cut and eroded the plateau, it is possible to see in the rock formation a record of the environment through time

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1983
- Runtime: 28 min
- By: Andrews, Michael Alford, Redern, Ron. Making of a continent, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/themakingofacontinentpart1corridorsoftime)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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