# The Dinosaur and the Missing Link

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy is a 1917 American comedy silent film animated by Willis O'Brien that premiered in 1917, and is one of O'Brien's only wholly-animated films. It was financed and distributed by Thomas Edison.

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 1917
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: Willis O'Brien
- Genres: Animation
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Dinosaur_and_the_Missing_Link.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Willis O'Brien
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/12476736?play=1)