Filmmaker William Hoffman creates a short movie composed of life’s moments. Found at Vimeo from Everynone via One Thing To See.

Produced by Claire L. Evans. The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds is an experiment in scale: By condensing 4.6 billion years of history into a minute, the video is a self-contained timepiece that explains evolution using typography. Found at YouTube from cgredan via Bombi(llo).

Julia Child cooks up a batch of primordial soup and explains how these simple ingredients produce amino acids – the building blocks of life. This video played in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Life in The Universe gallery from 1976 until the gallery closed. Found at YouTube from airandspace.

A nicely-done comparison of music and life by Alan Watts accompanied by South Park-style animation. Found at YouTube from seandulac.