The Puppeteers

Shows the making of puppets and the way in which they are manipulated by the puppeteer.

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Credits

director

Jacques Giraldeau

producer

Bernard Devlin

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:05:30:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008844

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Puppet making

Music & Performing Arts → Marionettes

Music & Performing Arts → Puppet theater

Music & Performing Arts → Puppeteers

Music & Performing Arts → Puppets

Music & Performing Arts → Theater

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Canada, 1952

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