Five Billion Years

Duration: 8

Year Published: 1981

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Uses animation to describe the evolution of life on earth. Goes from the gaseous beginnings of the planet through the origin and reproduction of single and multi-cellular organisms, the appearance of animal life, the Ice Age, and the eventual dominance of man. Emphasizes how life began in the primordial sea and moved to land, and describes why some species survived and others did not.

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