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Making North America

Making North America

Description: Discover how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America.
Genre: Film
Year Released: 2015
First episode air date: November 4, 2015
Initial Release: 2015
Narrated By: Kirk Johnson (Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
Network: PBS
Distributed By: PBS
Genre: Documentary
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