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.

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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