Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (Season 1)

Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (Il était une fois… les Explorateurs, 1996) is a French animated educational series you can watch online on iFILM. Director Albert Barillé continued his long-running "Once Upon a Time..." cycle with this installment, sending the familiar small-character cast through the history of the world's great navigators and land explorers.

Each episode focuses on a different figure or era, from early Polynesian seafarers to the expeditions of the Age of Discovery. Barillé's approach stays consistent across the franchise: accurate facts, unhurried pacing, small animated guides who explain things without talking down to the audience. The series works as well for curious adults as for children. Stream Once Upon a Time... The Explorers (1996) online on iFILM.