''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' is an American

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, consisting of 17 episodes, each running 30 minutes. Produced by

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in association with

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, it aired from September 9, 1967 to September 6, 1969 on ABC Saturday Morning. It featured the voice of

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as Professor Lindenbrook/Sacknussem. It was later shown in reruns on

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. It appears to have taken the 1959 film, ''

Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...

'', as its starting point rather than

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the '' Voyages extra ...

's original 1864 novel; e.g., including the character of Count Sacknussem and Gertrude the duck. However, it moved even further away from Verne's novel than the 1959 film did. There are currently no plans to release the series on DVD and/or

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from

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, although most of the series is available for viewing on

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''Long ago, a lone explorer named Arne Sacknussem made a fantastic descent to the fabled lost kingdom of Atlantis at the Earth's core. After many centuries, his trail was discovered: first by me, Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, my niece Cindy, student Alec McEwen, our guide Lars and his duck Gertrude. But we were not alone. The evil Count Sacknussem, last descendant of the once noble Sacknussem family, had followed us... to claim the center of the Earth for his power-mad schemes. He ordered his brute-like servant, Torg, to destroy our party. But the plan backfired, sealing the entrance forever. And so, for us, began a desperate race to the Earth's core... to learn the secret of the way back. This is the story of our new journey to the center of the Earth!''

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*Directed By Hal Sutherland *Co-Directed By Norm McCabe, Lou Zukor *Production Designer: Don Christensen *Layout: Wes Herschensohn, Marilee Heyer, Ken Hultgren, Ray Jacobs, Mel Keefer, Dan Noonan *Storyboards: Jan Green, Sherman Labby *Background Supervisor: Ervin Kaplan *Backgrounds: Venetia Epler, Martin Forte, Jack Healey, Ted Littlefield, Lorraine Morgan, Paul Xander *Animators: Bob Bransford, Clark Davis, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, George Grandpre, Bill Hajee, Bob Kirk, Clarke Mallery, Jack Ozark, Amby Paliwoda, Virgil Raddatz, Lenn Redman, Len Rogers, Virgil Ross, Herb Rothwill, Bob Trochim, Xenia *Ink and Paint Supervisor: Martha Buckley *Assistant Ink and Paint Supervisor: Betty Brooks *Animation Check: Ruth Craig, Renee Henning, Barbara Koponen, Ann Oliphant, Jane Philippi, Marion Turk *Editorial Supervisor: Joseph Simon *Assistant Film Editor: Lester Meisenheimer *Film Coordinator: June Gilham *Production Coordinator: Joe Lynch *Production Assistant: Greg Kirsanoff *Background Music Composed By John Gart *Music Supervised By Gordon Zahler *Sound By Ryder Sound Service *Color By Technicolor *Voice Talents Of

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, Jane Webb *Produced By

Lou Scheimer Louis Scheimer (October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2013) was an American producer and voice actor who was one of the original founders of Filmation. He was also credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons. Early life and education ...

And

Norm Prescott Norman Prescott (January 31, 1927 – July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Associates, an animation studio he created with veteran animator Lou Scheimer. Life and career Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Bosto ...

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Journey to the Center of the Earth Cartoon Info @ The Big Cartoon Database
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