Episode of Series “Tales from Hoffnung”.
It is the late 19th century in the lounge of an expensive hotel, where the Palm Court Orchestra is playing to a tea drinking audience. A fire starts and the hotel is soon ablaze, the people flee, but the orchestra plays on. In a series of other situations the orchestra also plays on. Based on a series of cartoon drawings by Gerard Hoffnung.
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ACMI Identifier
013354
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Caricatures and cartoons
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)