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
Release
Original network	Canal+; FR3
Original release	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

The First Americans
The Hunters
The Conquerors of the Great North
The Promised Land
The Tumulus Builders
The Aztecs before the Conquest
Christopher Columbus' Dream
America!
Cortes and the Aztecs
Que viva Mexico!
Pizarro and the Inca Empire
Jacques Cartier
The Age of the Conquistadores
Champlain
England and the Thirteen Colonies
The Indians in the 17th Century
The Indians in the 18th Century
The End of the French Dream
The 13 colonies Towards Independence
The War of Independence
Ebony Wood (slavery)
The Pioneers
Simon Bolivar
The Gold Rush
The End of the Indian People
Towards the 20th Century

Broadcast information

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