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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Educational animated television series (1991–1992)}}<br />
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| image = Once Upon a Time The Americas.jpg<br />
| caption = DVD box set cover art<br />
| camera = <br />
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Il était une fois... les Amériques|nolink=1}}<br />
| genre = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Educational entertainment|Edutainment]]<br />
* [[Animation]] }}<br />
| runtime = 26 minutes<br />
| creator = [[Albert Barillé]]<br />
| executive_producer = <br />
| language = French<br />
| voices = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Roger Carel]]<br />
* Olivier Destrez<br />
* Marie-Laure Beneston<br />
* Patrick Préjean<br />
* Sady Rebbot }}<br />
| narrated = <br />
| country = {{Collapsible list<br />
| France<br />
| Belgium<br />
| Canada<br />
| Finland<br />
| Germany<br />
| Italy<br />
| Spain<br />
| Switzerland<br />
}}<br />
| network = [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]]<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|1991|10|28|df=y}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|1992}}<br />
| num_episodes = 26<br />
| company = {{Collapsible list<br />
| [[Procidis]]<br />
| [[France 3|FR3]]<br />
| [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]]<br />
| {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|de|[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|de|[[Südwestrundfunk]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|it|[[Mediaset|Reteitalia]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|fr|[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Société Radio-Canada]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|fr|[[Radio Télévision Suisse|Radio Télévision Suisse Romande]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|it|[[Radiotelevisione svizzera|Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|fi|[[Yle|Oy. Yleisradio Ab.]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|fr|[[RTBF|Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|nl|[[VRT (broadcaster)|Belgische Radio en Televisie Nederlandse Uitzendingen]]|i=no}}<br />
| {{lang|fr|[[Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée|Centre national de la cinématographie]]|i=no}}<br />
}}<br />
| related = {{Plainlist|<br />
* ''[[Once Upon a Time... Life]]'' (1987)<br />
* ''[[Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers]]'' (1994) <br />
}} <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Once Upon a Time... The Americas''''' ({{langx|fr|Il était une fois... les Amériques|link=no}}) is an educational [[Animated series|animated]] [[Television show|television series]] created and directed by [[Albert Barillé]]. It is the fourth series in the ''[[Once Upon a Time...]]'' franchise. It explains the [[history of the Americas]] in a format adapted for children, with the action focused around one group of characters which appear in every episode dealing with the problems of the period depicted.<br />
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The series was produced by French studio [[Procidis]] in co-production with {{lang|fr|[[France 3|FR3]]|i=no}} and [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] (France), {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=no}} (TVE, Spain), {{lang|de|[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|i=no}} and {{lang|de|[[Südwestrundfunk]]|i=no}} (WDR and SWR, Germany), {{lang|it|Reteitalia|i=no}} (Italy), {{lang|fr|[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Société Radio-Canada]]|i=no}} (Canada), {{lang|fr|[[Radio Télévision Suisse|Radio Télévision Suisse Romande]]|i=no}} and {{lang|it|[[Radiotelevisione svizzera|Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana]]|i=no}} (Switzerland), {{lang|fi|[[Yle|Oy. Yleisradio Ab.]]|i=no}} (Yle, Finland), {{lang|fr|[[RTBF|Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française]]|i=no}} and {{lang|nl|[[VRT (broadcaster)|Belgische Radio en Televisie Nederlandse Uitzendingen]]|i=no}} (RTBF and BRT, Belgium), and the French {{lang|fr|[[Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée|Centre national de la cinématographie]]|i=no}}. The series premiered in France on Canal+, beginning on 28 October 1991, and it was subsequently broadcast on the channels of the rest of the broadcasters that participated in the production dubbed into their own language.<br />
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The show aired in the United States on the [[History Channel]] in January–March 1995.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=596}}</ref><br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The series, aimed at children, tell the [[history of the Americas]] through all their settlements ([[Inuit|Eskimos]], [[Aztec]]s, [[Inca Empire|Incas]], etc.) and their historical events ([[Indian Wars|conquest of the West]], [[American Revolutionary War]], etc.).<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
#[[Settlement of the Americas|The First Americans]]<br />
#The Hunters<br />
#The Conquerors of the Great North<br />
#The Promised Land<br />
#The Tumulus Builders<br />
#The [[Aztecs]] before the Conquest<br />
#[[Christopher Columbus]]' Dream<br />
#[[Naming of the Americas|America!]]<br />
#[[Hernán Cortés|Cortes]] [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|and]] [[Aztec Empire|the Aztecs]]<br />
#Que viva [[Mexico]]!<br />
#[[Francisco Pizarro|Pizarro]] [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|and]] [[Inca Empire|the Inca Empire]]<br />
#[[Jacques Cartier]]<br />
#The Age of the [[Conquistador]]es<br />
#[[Samuel de Champlain|Champlain]]<br />
#[[Kingdom of Great Britain|England]] and the [[Thirteen Colonies]]<br />
#The Indians in the 17th Century<br />
#The Indians in the 18th Century<br />
#The End of the [[New France|French Dream]]<br />
#[[American Revolution#Origin|The 13 Colonies Towards Independence]]<br />
#[[American Revolutionary War|The War of Independence]]<br />
#Ebony Wood ([[Slavery in the United States|slavery]])<br />
#[[American pioneer|The Pioneers]]<br />
#[[Simón Bolívar]]<br />
#[[California Gold Rush|The Gold Rush]]<br />
#The End of [[Native Americans in the United States|the Indian People]]<br />
#Towards the 20th Century<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of French animated television series]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.hellomaestro.fr/home.html Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426233541/http://www.hellomaestro.fr/home.html |date=2018-04-26 }} for Procidis, the series' producer<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0284736}}<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/onceuponatimechannel/about Hello Mastero] at [[YouTube]]<!--This is a legal, official show link--><br />
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