Earthly beings

An animated film depicting nature and the way it feeds upon itself. Ink and paint illustrations are from the works of anatomist, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels 1514-1564, Music is composed and conducted by Katherine Alisa Arnold

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Credits

director

Chuck Eyler

co-producer

Chuck Eyler

Jacolyn Kildare

production company

Heaping Teaspoon Animation

Duration

00:07:40:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015360

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Nature study

Animation

Animation → Animated films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology

People → Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564.

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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United States, 1981

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