Continental Drift

Continental Drift

| 9 min

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Animated film explains the theory that Earth's land areas are fluid and that, in the process of a slow, rolling, boiling motion, one part of the Earth might well be engulfed and then rise again some distance away, much the same as froth on a kettle of soup. From this theory comes the idea that continents were formed from one super-continent that broke up, whose pieces sank, and then rose once more, but far apart. Introducing the film is Professor J. Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist, University of Toronto.

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Continental Drift, Co Hoedeman, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Co Hoedeman
  • script
    Co Hoedeman
  • animation
    Co Hoedeman
  • producer
    Joseph Koenig
  • animation camera
    Claude Lapierre
    Raymond Dumas
  • editing
    Christopher Cordeaux
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