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 – June 20, 1981 |
| External links | |
| 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.