Once Upon a Time... The Americas

Once Upon a Time... The Americas
Created by Albert Barillé
Developed by Procidis
Voices of Roger Carel
Olivier Destrez
Marie-Laure Beneston
Patrick Préjean
Sady Rebbot
Country of origin France
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 26 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Canal+
FR3
Original airing 1991
Chronology
Preceded by Once Upon a Time... Life (1987)
Followed by Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers (1994)

Il était une fois... les Amériques (English: Once Upon a Time... The Americas) was a French animated TV series from 1991 directed by Albert Barillé.

Synopsis

The series, aimed at children, tell the story of the American continent through all its settlements (Eskimos, Aztecs, Incas, etc.) and their historical events (conquest of the West, American Revolutionary War, etc.).

Episodes

  1. The First Americans
  2. The Hunters
  3. The Conquerors of the Great North
  4. The Promised Land
  5. The Tumulus Builders
  6. The Aztecs before the Conquest
  7. Christopher Columbus' Dream
  8. America!
  9. Cortes and the Aztecs
  10. Que viva Mexico!
  11. Pizarro and the Inca Empire
  12. Jacques Cartier
  13. The Age of the Conquistadores
  14. Champlain
  15. England and the Thirteen Colonies
  16. The Indians in the 17th Century
  17. The Indians in the 18th Century
  18. The End of the French Dream
  19. The 13 colonies Towards Independence
  20. The War of Independence
  21. Ebony Wood (slavery)
  22. The Pioneers
  23. Simon Bolivar
  24. The Gold Rush
  25. The End of the Indian People
  26. Towards the 20th Century

Broadcast information

Country Television broadcasts
France France FR3 *, Canal+ *
Spain Spain Televisión Española (TVE) *
Germany Germany WDR *, SWF *
Austria Austria ORF
Italy Italy Italia 1 *
Canada Canada CBC Television, Télévision de Radio-Canada *
Switzerland Switzerland TSR (French) *, RTSI (Italian) *
Indonesia Indonesia SPT (Indonesia) *, SPTI
Greece Greece ERT
Poland Poland Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Portugal Portugal RTP
Sweden Sweden Sveriges Television (SVT)
Finland Finland Yleisradio (YLE) *
Belgium Belgium RTBF *, BRT *
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland RTÉ
United Kingdom United Kingdom Channel 4
Iceland Iceland Sjónvarpið
Hungary Hungary Minimax, Da Vinci Learning
Romania Romania TVR Cultural, TVR Carusel
 Pan-Arab States spacetoon

* Contributing co-producer

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