An Animated Atlas of the World (Captioned)

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Strongman, Atlas, is the humorous animated host of this tour around the globe. Sounding like the recent movie hero “Rocky”, Atlas provides accurate information on weather, wind, tides, storms and general geography for each country he visits. The film combines animation and some short live-action segments.

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Credits

director

Mike West

producer

Walt Disney Educational Media Company

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323970

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Australia

Childrens Films

Closed captioning

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q74584080

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Australia, 1986

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