Birth of Europe

7.3IMDb Score
Released:2012-04-17
Duration:46 min
Director:Matt Currington
Actors:Mark Halliley
Production:Pioneer Productions

Overview:

Crushed, flooded and exploded into life – Europe is a battlefield of Nature. Discover the extraordinary and shocking geological story of how Europe was created by nature’s most titanic forces.

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