An animated story of a family of baby owls who live in a hollow tree. One little owl refuses to learn to fly and while his brothers work hard, he spends his time looking at television. One day he is caught outside the nest by a fox and needs desperately to fly to get away. The owl flounders and is almost caught, but with the help of his brothers gets away.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007488
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Infancy
Animation → Animated films - Hungary
Childrens Films → Children's films - Hungary
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)