Rated: G
Genres: Documentary, Animation, History
Stars: Theodore von Eltz, John Storm
An animated documentary showcasing the world’s many different animal species, both past and present.
The movie may be lost, but the animation survives! To be frank, I’ve never seen the movie “The Animal World” but as a kid, I inherited the View-Master reels, and later the “Prehistoric Animals” packet, from my older brother… Boy! Did I wish I could see the movie one day! Being a monster movie buff, I bought the movie “The Black Scorpion” on DVD lately and to my surprise, I found out that the entire “Dinosaur Sequence” animated by Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen from “Animal World” was included as an extra feature on it! Wow! I finally saw it! And it was worth the wait… in part. I’m giving it a rating of 8/10 because the sequence is composed of superb stop-motion animation by two great masters, but also of cheesy looking dinosaur puppets… Anyway, it’s great fun to look at! – burtsimpson555
Director: Irwin Allen
Writer: Irwin Allen
Production company: Windsor Productions
More info on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048950/
