DAWN OF ART

Producer has not verified information recently. "Indicates at the start that art is complex, arising from many cultural needs. Cro-Magnon men and women are seen working near a rock shelter near Font-de-Gaume, France. They are shown constructing their hunting tools, decorate a lamp, gather nuts for the winter. Food is scarce, so the men who have returned from the hunt empty handed consult a medicine man who tells them he will make powerful hunting magic. By tallow lamplight they go to a chamber deep in the cave. After a ceremonial dance they prepare their colors and paint the famous deer of Font-de-Gaume. The men appear by the stream where other fish. Then they see the deer and stalk it. They throw their javelins and the deer is brought down." "'A fine film for its purposes.'" Educational screen