Carnegie dinosaur fossil archaeology / palaeontology expedition. Stop motion of Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus. T-Rex skeleton at the Carnegie Museum. Intertitle: "In the Forenoon of Time" Intertitle: Ages before the Rocky ice mountains much of that country west of Mississippi River was covered by great inland seas, tropical lakes and swamps. Intertitle: Here lived the dominant animals of the time, reptiles both great and small, for this was the "Age of Reptiles", the largest were slow-moving vegetable-feeders 75 to 100 feet long and weighing 30 to 40 tons. Illustration: two brontosaurus Intertitle: Though colossal, they had many enemies, flesh-eating reptiles - much smaller and very agile - preyed upon them. Illustration: one triceratops and one brontosaur fighting Intertitle: The long tail of the great vegetable-feed was a weapon of defence upon land, but when attacked in the water, was useless. In a water battle, the smaller antagonist had no trouble in killing his prey. Illustration: one triceratops and one brontosaur fighting in the water. Intertitle: Most animals leave no trace after death. Some dying in the water have been covered by sand and their skeletons turned into stone. These petrified skeletons are preserved in a Rocky Tomb - built as are the great mountains - one grain of sand upon another. Illustration: Rocky mountain Intertitle: Untold ages have passed - and now, through great earth movements and erosion - Nature's Sculptor - these tombs have again been opened. Illustration: Rocky mountains and water Intertitle: For many years fossil bones of these great reptiles have been found and studied by men who have named these animals: dinosaurs. Din-o-saur means terrible lizard, for they were terrible in appearance and their bones resemble those of the lizard we know today. Intertitle: Let us now go to Utah with an expedition from the Carnegie Museum to hunt the petrified remains of these monsters. Film: Two palaeontologists on horseback going up a rocky mountain, getting down from their horses and walking away. Medium Close Up of rocky mountain, feet of explorers walking. Two explorers climbing the mountain with pickaxes in one hand. Two men hitting the rocks with the pickaxes, one of them drinking water. Two explorers using a hammer and a chisel. A bag with sign "powd" (maybe "powder"?). Men with sticks. An explosion on top of a mountain. One of the explorers climbing the mountain and using hammer and chisel. One explorer paints black lines with a brush forming squares. Graphic: vertebra (five) in the centre of squares and A / B Tent in the mountains, two explorers with hammer and chisel. Men with shovels putting stones in a big wagon. Throwing the stones from the wagon down the mountain. Working with hammer and chisel. Mountain with painted squares and the a femur and vertebras already visible. Man on a ladder with hammer and chisel. Two shots of this man hammering very strongly. Cleaning with a brush. Side shot of three men working on the mountain. Intertitle: Bron-to-sau-rus (Thunder lizard) Length, 80 feet, weight 40 tons Largest land animal that ever lived. His food was soft vegetable matter. Stop Motion: Background mountains and lots of vegetation. Brontosaurus eating and moving slowly. Intertitle: Steg-o-sau-rus ( Cover-Lizard) Another of the vegetable feeders. One of the most bizarre looking animals of all time. Length 20 feet. Stop Motion: Background with lots of vegetation. Stegosaurus eating and moving slowly. Cu of Stegosaurus. Film: snake moving Stop Motion: A very small Stegosaurus in the corner of the screen eating vegetables. Eating a snake. Intertitle: Tri-cer-a-tops (Three-horn-face) A vegetable feeder about 25 feet long. His enormous horns and neck-frill protected him in battle against all but tyrant lizard. Stop motion: Triceratops eating vegetables and moving slowly. Two triceratops fighting using their horns. Intertitle: Tyrano-sau-rus (Tyrant - lizard) 35 feet long The largest flesh-eater on record, very fond of tri-cer-a-tops. Stop motion: A Tyrannosaurus. A Triceratops. Close up of T-rex's head ( teeth). A T-Rex and Triceratops fighting. T-Rex seizing triceratops. T-rex eating his prey with pleasure. Film: The two palaeontologists working on the mountain. Putting clothes on top of the femur. Painting letters on the femur: "FEMUR BK 3 / F ". Hammering around the femur on big nails. Removing the femur from the mountain with big ropes. Transferring femur to a crate. Exterior of Museum. Two men opening the crate. One man hammering with chisel. Brushing. Painting marks. Pasting parts together. Man working on T-Rex's head. High angle shot of man working with the whole of T-Rex's skeleton. Man working on separate parts. Skeleton already mounted in the museum, people passing by. Medium close up of two men touching the skeleton and making comments to each other. Close up of skeleton part.

• published: 22 Dec 2014
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