History Film / OneMillionYearsBC

* PteroSoarer: Quite possibly the TropeMaker; both the pterosaurs in the film are ugly, batlike monstrosities with scales, bat wings, bird feet, etc. The Rhamphorhynchus is oversized and ''[[TheyJustDidntCare short-tailed]]''. They also practice extended parental care, though granted this error is more due to ScienceMarchesOn. If the babies themselves are any indication, they're also bipedal.

* OpeningNarration: A narrator introduces us to the setting and main characters, and then disappears from the movie.

* VillainousRescue: More than once, a predator is distracted from attacking people by an attack from another one.

'''''One Million Years B.C.''''' is the better-known 1966 remake of 1940's ''One Million BC'', which was the TropeNamer for the OneMillionBC image of cavemen, dinosaurs, ape-men and other real and made-up creatures of the past duking it out in a volcano-scarred landscape. The film provided a showcase for Creator/RayHarryhausen's stop-motion effects, as well as Raquel Welch's physique in her iconic FurBikini.

''One Million Years B.C.'' is the better-known 1966 remake of 1940's ''One Million BC'', which was the TropeNamer for the OneMillionBC image of cavemen, dinosaurs, ape-men and other real and made-up creatures of the past duking it out in a volcano-scarred landscape. The film provided a showcase for Creator/RayHarryhausen's stop-motion effects, as well as Raquel Welch's physique in her iconic FurBikini.

[[quoteright:224:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/onemillion_4204.jpg]]The better-known 1966 remake of 1940's ''One Million BC'', which was the TropeNamer for the OneMillionBC image of cavemen, dinosaurs, ape-men and other real and made-up creatures of the past duking it out in a volcano-scarred landscape. The film provided a showcase for RayHarryhausen's stop-motion effects, as well as Raquel Welch's physique in her iconic FurBikini.

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!!''One Million Years BC'' contains examples of:

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Most of the women in the Shell Tribe (particularly the younger, nubile ones)go barefoot, though Loana conveniently has a pair of fur boots on when she leaves with Tumak.

* {{Fanservice}}: Presumably the ''other'' reason you're watching this movie. Not just Raquel Welch but everyone is scantily clad.

* InfantImmortality: Predator attacks menace children more than once, but the children are rescued. The adults aren't always so lucky.

* PteroSoarer

* StockDinosaurs: Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Triceratops, and what was then called Brontosaurus all put in appearances.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft had a brontosaurus attack Tumak's people in the climax. The sequence was filmed, but ultimately got cut for pacing reasons.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original draft had a brontosaurus attack Tumak's people in the climax, right before the earthquake and the volcano eruption and while the sequence was filmed, it was ultimately cut for pacing reasons.

* WhatCOuldHaveBeen: The original draft had a brontosaurus attack Tumak's people in the climax, right before the earthquake and the volcano eruption and while the sequence was filmed, it was ultimately cut for pacing reasons.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: As you might expect from [[HammerHorror Hammer Film Productions]], the original British version had some pretty violent scenes, including one showing a new head being added to the ape-men's [[DeadGuyOnDisplay collection]]. Some of these were trimmed off for the American release, as the distributor did not want to drive off the [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids obvious demographic]] for a dinosaur movie.

* PeopleOfHairColor: All the members of the Shell Tribe are fair-haired, while the Rock Tribe is brunet. Sakana's hair is a bit lighter though, which perhaps makes him a version of the EvilBlondGuy.

* FurBikini

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: The climactic fight between Tumak's and Sakana's factions is ended by a volcanic eruption, which kills most of the antagonists.]]

* FrazettaMan: The Rock Tribe men are like this, the ape-men even more so.

* AnachronismStew: The film pulls off the remarkable feat of including no creature who ''actually'' lived in one million B.C. -- even the charismatic ones, like saber-toothed cats and terror birds. Apart from the ape-men, they're all Mesozoic or (frequently enlarged) modern animals.

* OpeningNarration: A narrator sets us up with the setting and main characters, and then disappears from the movie.

* PteroSaurer

* ConLang: What little dialogue there is in the movie is invented (and untranslated) caveman speech.

* NubileSavage: Look who's on that trope's page, after all.

* AnachronismStew: The film pulls off the remarkable feat of including no creature who ''actually'' lived in one million B.C. -- even ones who seem made for it, like saber-toothed cats and terror birds. Apart from the ape-men, they're all Mesozoic or (frequently enlarged) modern animals.

The better-known 1966 remake of 1940's ''One Million BC'', which was the TropeNamer for the OneMillionBC image of cavemen, dinosaurs, ape-men and other real and made-up creatures of the past duking it out in a volcano-scarred landscape. The film provided a showcase for RayHarryhausen's stop-motion effects, as well as Raquel Welch's physique in her iconic FurBikini.