Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past (1981)

Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past

1981

History Animation

Synopsis

Join two youngsters and their teacher as they discover clues to Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past. Putting dinosaurs in perspective is their first task. They follow a time line back from the Age of Man to the era of dinosaurs. Animation introduces a variety of dinosaurs and their environment. Students see fossilized dinosaur bones uncovered by excavators at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. They also visit a paleontologist in his lab and see a comparison of bones from two different dinosaurs. At a museum in Ottawa the two youngsters see a full-scale reconstructed tyrannosaur skeleton and identify it as a meat-eater by its feet and teeth.

Credits

Director

Foster Wiley

Cast

Julie Whang as Julie

Lewis Glenville as Mr. Kirby

Roger Rosen as Roger

Crew

Lester Pegues (Animation)

Yeorgos Lampathakis (Animation)

Simma Liebman (Animation Production Assistant)

Foster Wiley (Camera Operator)