Sunday lark

A lighthearted satire about the computers and gadgets of big business. When a small Chinese-American girl wanders into a modern office building on a Sunday her innocent delight in pressing buttons and using the gadgets creates such chaos that the guard calls for police reinforcements. As they arrive the little girl slips out of the building unnoticed.

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Credits

production company

Pathe Contemporary Films

producer/director

Sanford Semel

Duration

00:10:25:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010432

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Big business

Comedy

Comedy → Satire

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technology - Social aspects

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology - Social aspects

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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United States, 1963

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