​The development of the theory of Plate Tectonics took 50 years.  When Dr Alfred Wegener first published his ideas in 1915 he was ridiculed.  His theory lurked on the fringes of the Earth Sciences until after WWII. Then new technologies and new ideas began to make their mark, and Wegener's theory, which had lost its ​father-champion in a blizzard in Greenland in 1930, became the darling of the Earth Science community.  By 1965 Continental Drift, or Plate Tectonics as it is now known, had turned into a beautiful princess.  Watch the movie for a tale of tragedy, high drama, academic bullying, big science and big money.  Its a grand story.............