The Animal movie

An animated cartoon to help children explore why and how animals move as they do. A little boy discovers that he cannot compete with animals - monkey, snake, horse etc - by imitating the way they move. He only outdistances them when he climbs into a vehicle that can travel in any environment - proving that, while other animals are trapped by their environment, man, the inventor, isn’t. An award winning film.

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Credits

producer

Sidney Goldsmith

production company

ONF | NFB

co-director

Grant Munro

Ron Tunis

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1966

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012859

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards

Animals & Wildlife → Animals

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Canada

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Experimental

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1966

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