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Five Billion Years

Directed by Joyce Borenstein
Canada, 1981 (animation, 7 minutes, colour, English)
Also known as "Cinq milliards d'années"
Five Billion Years
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"In just seven minutes, this superbly illustrated film travels through time to record five billion years of evolution in North America. In this short interlude, the earth's geophysical beginnings take shape, from swirling clouds of cosmic gases through the genesis of the first living organisms to the arrival of man."
-- World Film Festival / Festival des films du monde (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: William Kuhns
Produced by: David Verrall, Derek Lamb
Narrator: Kathleen Fee
Animation: Joyce Borenstein
Film Editing: David Verrall
Music: Normand Roger
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences (Canada)
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