A Journey to the Beginning of Time [Cesta do Pravyeku] (1955) - Newspaper Ad [Oakland Tribune - February 21, 1970]

Somebody decided to dust off this Americanized version of a 1955 Czech film for a trio of weekend matinee screenings. Judging by the date, my guess is the Saturday-Sunday-Monday matinee screening schedule was meant to coincide with either the (now defunct) Washington's Birthday or Lincoln's Birthday holiday weekend. I remember being really salty about losing two back-to-back three day weekends when the two were combined and became just President's Day.

The movie concerns four boys riding a raft down an otherworldly river and observing various stages of prehistoric life, until they reach the beginning of time. Seeing that Cesta do Pravyeku was a Soviet Era film, I am reasonably certain the "beginning of time" might have been altered to reflect a more theologically founded worldview for American audiences. Or maybe not, I have yet to see either version of the film.

But I would watch it, because... dinosaurs! And anything with dinosaurs will never be NOT awesome.