El hombre y la Tierra

El hombre y la Tierra
Genre Nature documentary
Directed by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
Presented by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
Teófilo Martínez (episodes 117-124)
Narrated by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
Composer(s) Antón García Abril
Country of origin Spain
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 124
Production
Location(s) Spain
Venezuela
Canada & Alaska
Cinematography Teodoro Roa
Alberto Mariano Huéscar
Miguel Molina
Running time 26 mins
Release
Original network TVE
Original release March 4, 1974 (1974-03-04) – June 20, 1981 (1981-06-20)
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30 años sin Félix

El hombre y la Tierra (Spanish for Men and Earth) is a 1974 Spanish nature documentary television series produced by Televisión Española. The show is presented by naturalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. The show was cancelled when he died in Alaska while shooting a documentary about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, when the Cessna 185 aircraft carrying him along with two Spanish cameramen and the American pilot crashed, killing all on board.

El Hombre y la Tierra was divided into three parts: the Iberian, South American, and North American series. The Iberian series consisted of three parts and an unfinished fourth part. The South American series was filmed in 1973 in Venezuela in Los Llanos, the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Originally conceived as an eight-episode production, enough material was filmed for eighteen episodes. Unfortunately, only the episodes of Canada and Alaska of the American series were filmed due to his premature death. The complete series included 124 episodes, most of them shot in Spain. They used 35 mm film, which posed significant logistic and technical challenges at the time. The series gained international recognition.

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