- Sir David Attenborough's new BBC documentary, 'Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure', revisits a near-disastrous incident during the filming of his iconic 1979 series.
- While filming a young gorilla in Rwanda for 'Life on Earth' in 1978, Attenborough and his crew were stopped and interrogated by local police and army soldiers.
- The crew faced the threat of having all their valuable footage confiscated, with soldiers firing guns over their heads during the initial stop.
- Cameraman Martin Saunders cleverly swapped labels on film cans to disguise the gorilla footage, preventing its seizure by authorities.
- Attenborough and Saunders were held overnight and interrogated further before finally being released and allowed to return to the UK with the now-famous footage.
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