1492: Columbus First Contact | AI History Short Film (4K)

Описание: I’ve always wondered what it must have looked like when Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World. What did those first moments really feel like—for both the explorers and the Taíno meeting them on the shore?

Thanks to AI, a bit of imagination, and a lot of late-night history research, I tried to bring that encounter back to life.

This short film is my attempt to recreate those few days in October 1492 on Guanahaní—now widely believed by historians to be San Salvador Island in the Bahamas—using authentic sources and AI animation to fill in the gaps where history falls silent.

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What you’ll find:
• AI-animated scenes based on historical accounts
• Direct quotes from Columbus’s journal
• The wonder, tension, and uncertainty of first contact—seen from both sides
• Music by Scott Buckley, Hanna Ekström & Anna Dager (see credits below)

Note: While every effort was made for historical accuracy, some AI visuals may contain minor anachronisms.

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Music in this video:

"The Closing" by Hanna Ekström & Anna Dager
Licensed via Epidemic Sound.

'Omega' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

'I Walk With Ghosts' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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