Hoffnung's birds bees and storks

United Kingdom, 1965

Film
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Episode of Series “Tales from Hoffnung”.
A cautionary tale told by a father to his teenage son. He is revealing with great embarrassment to himself, the facts of life. However it seems the father is without knowledge himself, and at the end has managed to say very little. Based on the cartoon drawings of Gerard Hoffnung. Narrated by Peter Sellars with animation by Tony Guy.

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Credits

director

John Halas

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:05:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1965

Appears in

Tales from Hoffnung

Group of items

Tales from Hoffnung

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010567

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animation (Cinematography)

Animation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Cartoonists

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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