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Journey Through Time: The Human Story
198310 min 30 secFilm: Animation
Direction: George Geertsen
Production: Derek LambDouglas MacDonald
Script: George Geertsen
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the assistance of the National Museum of Man.
Journey Through Time is an action-packed animation film tracing the evolution of humans from the tiny tree-climbing primate of fifty million years ago to homo sapiens. The film follows this evolving creature through different physical and climatic environments, and through various skill and social developments such as self-defense in groups, tool-making, hunting, meat-eating, discovery of fire, and language development. A film that can be adapted to suit a wide range of ages and education levels.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- History > Prehistory and Evolution
Credits
- director
- George Geertsen
- script
- George Geertsen
- animation
- George Geertsen
- producer
- Derek Lamb
- executive producer
- Derek Lamb
- Douglas MacDonald
- camera
- Raymond Dumas
- Jacques Avoine
- Pierre Landry
- sound
- Jean Sauvageau
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- narrator
- Cy Strange
Awards
- Second Prize - Category: Films Made by the State Festival de l'audiovisuel québécois ADATE (Association pour le développement de l'audiovisuel et de la technologie en éducation
- Award for Most Original Film of the FestivalFestival international du film scientifique
- First Prize - Category: Animation - with a cash prize of 40,000pesetasFestival internatinal de cinéma de court métrage