Koko Pops: Koko's history of music

A brief and bright animated history of music. Divided into brief vignettes, each with colourful characters dancing and/or playing music, it absorbs the viewer in a mixture of musical styles including primitive, pan flutes, Baroque, romantic, circus music, jazz, French popular, opera and variations of modern music.

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Credits

co-director

Antoinette Starkiewicz

Don Ezard

producer

Robin Hughes

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:10:48:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015341

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Music & Performing Arts → Music

Music & Performing Arts → Music - History and criticism

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MPEG-1 Digital File - 2MB Rate; Copy

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Australia, 1981

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