Love on the wing

Continually metamorphosing symbols, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move against multi-plane backgrounds. The film publicised the U.K. Air Mail service. Music by Jacques Ibert, camera by F. Gamagi.

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Credits

director

Norman McLaren

production company

GPO Film Unit

Duration

00:04:17:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1939

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323671

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Advertising

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animation (Cinematography)

Animation

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Postal service - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Advertising

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1939

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