Le bleu perdu

An animated cartoon envisaging the kind of world that children of the future may well inherit when the last vestige of blue is blotted out from the sky by the spreading mantle of smog. In this story a little boy set out to find the blue sky he has been told of. A film without word.

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Credits

director

Paul Driessen

producer

Pierre Moretti

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:07:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320262

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Canada

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1972

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