Elephant theatre

Like an Indian pod filled with tiny ivory elephants, the imaginary hand-size theatre fills with elephants, to the delight of the man who built it.

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Credits

director

Sabrina Schmid

creator

Sabrina Schmid

producer

VCA

Duration

00:15:54:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003539

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Animation

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

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Australia, 1985

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