Petunia

Petunia, the silly goose, is the self-appointed adviser to the barnyard animals. Masking her ignorance, she struts about with a book under her wing. However, when she interprets the word Danger as “candies”, near tragedy results. Based on the book by Roger Duvoisin.

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Credits

producer

Morton Schindel

production company

Weston Woods Studios

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016986

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Animation → Animated films - United States

Childrens Films

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1971

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