Each year over a million wildebeest and zebra invade the Serengeti grasslands making it a paradise for the predators that live there. But what happens when the herds move off again? We follow the moving story of one lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration. The Ntudu pride has seven cubs and is already suffering as the wildebeest leave to find fresh pastures. As weeks turn to months, the pride members become more emaciated and frailer. Then finally as the herds begin to return, the plains reveal one final secret.
Each year over a million wildebeest and zebra invade the Serengeti grasslands making it a paradise for the predators that live there. But what happens when the herds move off again? We follow the moving story of one lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration. The Ntudu pride has seven cubs and is already suffering as the wildebeest leave to find fresh pastures. As weeks turn to months, the pride members become more emaciated and frailer. Then finally as the herds begin to return, the plains reveal one final secret.
General Note
Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2009.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 20, 2018.
Content Note
Introduction to The Great Migration (1:11); --Shortgrass Plains (2:30); -- Departure of the Herds (6:21); -- Dry Season in the Serengeti (6:04); -- Crossing the Mara (3:44); -- Fire on the Shortgrass Plains (5:43); -- Mountain of God (3:05); -- Return of the Rain (5:55); -- Wildebeest Birthing Season (5:25); -- Return of the Wildebeest (4:37); -- Courting Wildebeests (3:40); -- Credits: The Great Migration (0:32); .