Sometimes the more challenging a project, the more creative the results. This series is proof. The History Channel came to us with an impossible task: take complex historical topics, explain them in a fresh, engaging way, and do it for almost no money. Our concept: find one of those professors that can really make a topic come alive, then animate their story on a digital chalkboard. The result is not quite like anything you’ve ever seen. Here are all eight videos in the series.
TRENCH WARFARE
narrated by Harry Chotner
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
narrated by Harry Chotner
JOHN BROWN'S RAID
narrated by Harry Chotner
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
Narrated by Justin Bates
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
Narrated by Justin Bates
JAMESTOWN
Narrated by Harry Chotner
CONQUEST OF MEXICO
Narrated by Justin Bates
FIRST CONTACT WITH THE MAYA
Narrated by Justin Bates
Series produced by George Young for Camp Creative. Illustration and Animation by Cobra Creative. Content and Voice over by Professor Harry Chotner of NYU, and by Justin Bates of The Stevenson School. Written and Directed by Richard Smith.
