Hallo: communications in a nutshell

An animated cartoon film giving a brief popular outline of the history of communications from signal drums to satellite relaying. No commentary - music by Dumitru Capoianu.

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Credits

director

Jehangir Bhownagary

production company

Bucharest Studios

Unesco

Duration

00:09:20:00

Production places

Romania

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000287

Subject categories

Animation

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communications - History

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telecommunication

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Romania

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Romania, 1963

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