“Evolution“ (1940) Ray Harryhausen

Test footage for an uncompleted Ray Harryhausen project showcasing dinosaur animation. The project was abandoned after Ray saw Fantasia (1940) with it’s T-Rex sequence. He got discourage feeling all the beats he wanted to do were “done beautifully“ in Fantasia, abandoning his then 2 years of work on the project. However, the footage would be used as a sample for his later works such as The Beast of 20,000 Fathoms (Which inspired the creation of Godzilla), Clash of the Titans (1981), and The Valley of Gwangi to name a few.