An animated story about man’s inability to learn from his mistakes. A market gardener’s plants are dying and his tears revive the plants, but snails quickly appear, consume his crop, and become mammoths. They move about destroying all, but the city is rebuilt and the cycle begins again.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009938
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - France
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Moral education
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)