One Million B.C. (1940) - full transcript
Tumak, member of the prehistoric Rock tribe, is exiled and makes his way to the more peaceful Shell tribe, where he is taken in and taught manners by the lovely Loana. Forced to leave the Shell tribe for fighting, Tumak, along with Loana, return to the Rock tribe, where Loana shows them the error of their brutal ways - until the volcano erupts!
This shelter will have to do
until the storm's over.
Better take your wet things off
and make yourselves
as comfortable as possible.
Whew.
Hello, there!
Who's there?
I'm sorry if I startled you.
We were lost in the storm
and I...
Hardly expected to find
a place like this.
Welcome.
Welcome, to the hospitality
afforded by the home
of an ancient people.
Thanks.
Say...
Do you mean that at some time
a primitive people
made this cave their home?
Of that I'm quite sure.
Well, what in the world
leads you to believe that?
These markings...
Hidden for many centuries...
Which I have been able
to uncover.
Am I to understand that
there's a meaning to these marks
that you can decipher?
Not only a meaning,
but a complete story as well.
On this wall...
A learned man left his saga.
- Well, that's amazing.
- Yes.
My friends and I are
most interested in things of this kind.
May I have your permission
to bring them in
so they can see
this unusual place?
Well, by all means,
invite them in.
And while they're waiting
for the storm to pass,
to entertain them I...
I'll be glad to give
my interpretation
of the simple story
that's left here.
Oh, thanks.
This will make losing our way
really worth while.
These strange figures and forms
were carved here many years ago
before any record of our
present civilization.
They speak the message
of an intelligent man.
You mean there were people
of intelligence that long ago?
Intelligence, my friend, is inherent.
Education and culture
are acquired.
Civilization of course
has brought complications,
but here are the same thoughts,
the same emotions,
the same struggles with the
problems of life and death
that...
We of today experience.
I've always thought of
of those ancient people
as animals rather than humans.
In order that we can have
a better understanding
of this story,
will you first give us some idea
of what they look like?
I don't know.
I never thought of it.
It never seemed important to me
what they looked like.
Suppose we assume
that they were just...
Human beings like you people
sitting here.
A story concerns a young hunter
of one tribe...
And a young girl of another.
Maybe the girl resembled
this young lady.
The boy might have looked like
this young man sitting here.
Perhaps, he was just the same age.
The saga concerns two tribes.
To avoid confusion,
suppose we say the boy...
Belonged to the rock people
and the girl...
To the shell people.
Our story opens...
With the rock tribe.
And the young hunter
we'll call...
Tumak.
His, was a cruel tribe.
Pity and compassion played
little part in the existence
of those people.
Who ate only what
they could kill.
They depended solely upon their
ability to kill for sustenance.
They despised weakness,
worshiped strength!
They ruled by
the power of might.
The strongest was their leader.
Well, we first find them
over here in search of food.
Animals were abundant.
None of them
had learned to fear man,
which made the hunter's life
most hazardous.
These people lived
in the highlands.
A country denied natural beauty
by lava rock
and glacial flow.
Their home is a cave
on the crags,
hollowed by the convulsions
of a young earth.
Here, in the bleak mountains,
the mighty mastodon
roamed at will.
The saber-toothed tiger stalked
giant deer
and the vulture forever followed
the shadow of the hated hyena.
Here, life lived hand in hand
with death
and compensation
came only to the strong.
They hunted,
as primitively as they lived,
knowing no weapons
except a crude staff
which responded
only to brute strength.
Akhoba, their leader was the
mightiest hunter of them all.
Tumak,
son of akhoba,
begged for the right
to his first kill.
Eee!
Agh!
Ahh!
Matoyak!
Decca.
Ketufay!
Ketufay!
Matoyak!
Benta! Bental!
Yatona!
Yatona!
Akita.
Akita!
Yatona!
- Ohh!
- Ugh.
Yatona!
Yatona!
Dah!
Mucan!
Gat!
Akhoba!
Akhoba.
Giyet paw!
Gitdon!
Gitdon!
Gitdon!
Ahlua!
Tana.
Michu.
Yehu.
Anuna.
Loana.
Maletu.
Yifaw.
Yifaw!
Galhi!
Dalpha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
- Neechal!
- Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha wapul!
Neecha wapul!
Tumak!
Tumak.
Tumak?
Tumak!
Loana.
Loana?
Loana.
Loana.
Tumak!
Tumak.
Anuna.
Anuna, loanal!
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Lusho.
Lusho.
Wanitu, tumak.
Uhh!
Ohtao.
Pamo tumak.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha, tumak!
Loana!
Loana!
Ohtao!
- Neechal!
- Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Sari!
Kanuna.
Kanuna.
Kanuna.
Noh!
Magu!
Magu!
Magu!
Neecha!
Neecha Luke!
Skakana!
Duh!
Git!
Soh!
Atee danks!
Kata!
Doh!
Kata!
Haych!
Tumak!
Hap!
Nata!
Tumak, tumak, natal!
Apouni, tumak!
Makena dark!
Tumak!
Ocasu?
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Lusho?
Lusho.
Lusho.
Patezall
patakov!
Hiyo!
Hiyo!
Hiyo!
Atak!
Mata! Mata!
Tana!
Qwak!
Sur!
Tana!
Loana.
Tumipaw, tumak.
Tumata, tumak.
Loana.
Kuno.
Kuno.
Wandi.
Wandi.
Neen.
Neen.
Wandi.
Wandi.
Tumak!
Wandi!
Dapoti!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Nupondi!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Ohtao!
Tumak!
Loana!
Loana.
Loana.
Loana?
Tumak!
Neecha.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Oww!
Nata!
Wat?
Neecha!
Kitoya!
Kitoya!
Kasumata.
Neecha.
Natal,
tumak!
Natal,
tumak!
Tana!
Aditek!
Tumak!
Ohtao!
Tumak.
Tumak.
Tumak!
Tana!
Tana!
Exef!
Tana!
Exef!
- Exefl!
- Tumak!
Neecha!
Neecha!
until the storm's over.
Better take your wet things off
and make yourselves
as comfortable as possible.
Whew.
Hello, there!
Who's there?
I'm sorry if I startled you.
We were lost in the storm
and I...
Hardly expected to find
a place like this.
Welcome.
Welcome, to the hospitality
afforded by the home
of an ancient people.
Thanks.
Say...
Do you mean that at some time
a primitive people
made this cave their home?
Of that I'm quite sure.
Well, what in the world
leads you to believe that?
These markings...
Hidden for many centuries...
Which I have been able
to uncover.
Am I to understand that
there's a meaning to these marks
that you can decipher?
Not only a meaning,
but a complete story as well.
On this wall...
A learned man left his saga.
- Well, that's amazing.
- Yes.
My friends and I are
most interested in things of this kind.
May I have your permission
to bring them in
so they can see
this unusual place?
Well, by all means,
invite them in.
And while they're waiting
for the storm to pass,
to entertain them I...
I'll be glad to give
my interpretation
of the simple story
that's left here.
Oh, thanks.
This will make losing our way
really worth while.
These strange figures and forms
were carved here many years ago
before any record of our
present civilization.
They speak the message
of an intelligent man.
You mean there were people
of intelligence that long ago?
Intelligence, my friend, is inherent.
Education and culture
are acquired.
Civilization of course
has brought complications,
but here are the same thoughts,
the same emotions,
the same struggles with the
problems of life and death
that...
We of today experience.
I've always thought of
of those ancient people
as animals rather than humans.
In order that we can have
a better understanding
of this story,
will you first give us some idea
of what they look like?
I don't know.
I never thought of it.
It never seemed important to me
what they looked like.
Suppose we assume
that they were just...
Human beings like you people
sitting here.
A story concerns a young hunter
of one tribe...
And a young girl of another.
Maybe the girl resembled
this young lady.
The boy might have looked like
this young man sitting here.
Perhaps, he was just the same age.
The saga concerns two tribes.
To avoid confusion,
suppose we say the boy...
Belonged to the rock people
and the girl...
To the shell people.
Our story opens...
With the rock tribe.
And the young hunter
we'll call...
Tumak.
His, was a cruel tribe.
Pity and compassion played
little part in the existence
of those people.
Who ate only what
they could kill.
They depended solely upon their
ability to kill for sustenance.
They despised weakness,
worshiped strength!
They ruled by
the power of might.
The strongest was their leader.
Well, we first find them
over here in search of food.
Animals were abundant.
None of them
had learned to fear man,
which made the hunter's life
most hazardous.
These people lived
in the highlands.
A country denied natural beauty
by lava rock
and glacial flow.
Their home is a cave
on the crags,
hollowed by the convulsions
of a young earth.
Here, in the bleak mountains,
the mighty mastodon
roamed at will.
The saber-toothed tiger stalked
giant deer
and the vulture forever followed
the shadow of the hated hyena.
Here, life lived hand in hand
with death
and compensation
came only to the strong.
They hunted,
as primitively as they lived,
knowing no weapons
except a crude staff
which responded
only to brute strength.
Akhoba, their leader was the
mightiest hunter of them all.
Tumak,
son of akhoba,
begged for the right
to his first kill.
Eee!
Agh!
Ahh!
Matoyak!
Decca.
Ketufay!
Ketufay!
Matoyak!
Benta! Bental!
Yatona!
Yatona!
Akita.
Akita!
Yatona!
- Ohh!
- Ugh.
Yatona!
Yatona!
Dah!
Mucan!
Gat!
Akhoba!
Akhoba.
Giyet paw!
Gitdon!
Gitdon!
Gitdon!
Ahlua!
Tana.
Michu.
Yehu.
Anuna.
Loana.
Maletu.
Yifaw.
Yifaw!
Galhi!
Dalpha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
- Neechal!
- Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha wapul!
Neecha wapul!
Tumak!
Tumak.
Tumak?
Tumak!
Loana.
Loana?
Loana.
Loana.
Tumak!
Tumak.
Anuna.
Anuna, loanal!
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Lusho.
Lusho.
Wanitu, tumak.
Uhh!
Ohtao.
Pamo tumak.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha, tumak!
Loana!
Loana!
Ohtao!
- Neechal!
- Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Neecha!
Sari!
Kanuna.
Kanuna.
Kanuna.
Noh!
Magu!
Magu!
Magu!
Neecha!
Neecha Luke!
Skakana!
Duh!
Git!
Soh!
Atee danks!
Kata!
Doh!
Kata!
Haych!
Tumak!
Hap!
Nata!
Tumak, tumak, natal!
Apouni, tumak!
Makena dark!
Tumak!
Ocasu?
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Ocasu.
Lusho?
Lusho.
Lusho.
Patezall
patakov!
Hiyo!
Hiyo!
Hiyo!
Atak!
Mata! Mata!
Tana!
Qwak!
Sur!
Tana!
Loana.
Tumipaw, tumak.
Tumata, tumak.
Loana.
Kuno.
Kuno.
Wandi.
Wandi.
Neen.
Neen.
Wandi.
Wandi.
Tumak!
Wandi!
Dapoti!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Wandi!
Nupondi!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Loana!
Ohtao!
Tumak!
Loana!
Loana.
Loana.
Loana?
Tumak!
Neecha.
Neecha!
Neecha!
Oww!
Nata!
Wat?
Neecha!
Kitoya!
Kitoya!
Kasumata.
Neecha.
Natal,
tumak!
Natal,
tumak!
Tana!
Aditek!
Tumak!
Ohtao!
Tumak.
Tumak.
Tumak!
Tana!
Tana!
Exef!
Tana!
Exef!
- Exefl!
- Tumak!
Neecha!
Neecha!