Fantasia The Rite of Spring

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Walt Disney and his fellow artists presenting the ballet in its original form as a simple series of tribal dances, they've visualised it as a Pageant.
As the story of the growth of life on earth.
It's a coldly accurate reproduction, of what science thinks went on during the first few billion years of this planet's existence.
So now, imagine yourselves out in space, billions and billions of years ago looking down on this lonely, tormented little planet spinning through an empty sea of nothingness.
Disney's imaginitive re-interpretation of the music to The Rite of Spring features a condensed version of the history of the Earth from the formation of the planet, to the first living creatures, to the age, reign, and extinction of the dinosaurs.
The sequence showcased realistically animated prehistoric beasts like Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Dimetrodon, and used extensive and complicated special effects to depict volcanoes, boiling lava, and earthquakes.

Directed by Bill Roberts and Paul Satterfield

Story development: William Martin, Leo Thiele, Robert Sterner, and John Fraser McLeish

Art direction: McLaren Stewart, Dick Kelsey, and John Hubley

Background painting: Ed Starr, Brice Mack, and Edward Levitt

Animation supervision: Wolfgang Reitherman and Joshua Meador

Animation: Philip Duncan, John McManus, Paul Busch, Art Palmer, Don Tobin, Edwin Aardal, and Paul B. Kossoff