Hector goes to play ball

A fantasy which employs fun-loving Hector the Cat to teach children road safety rules. Hector is a giant cat who lives in the botanical gardens and loves to play with the children who visit him there. He leads them in an assortment of colourful games, but comes to a bad end because he forgets his road safety rules.

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Credits

producer

Lindsay Parker

production company

Crawford Productions

director

Phillip Mark-Law

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013776

Language

English

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Childrens Films → Children's films - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic safety

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Traffic safety

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1971

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