Babar. Babar's First Step. City Ways. (Captioned)

Canada, 1989

Film
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Animated versions of two stories about Babar, King of the Elephants. “Babar’s first step” tells how Babar’s mother was killed by a hunter when he was very young leaving Babar to cope on his own. “City ways” tells how he fled to the city which he found dangerous and confusing until an old lady tried to teach him how to fit into her world. Adapted from the picture books by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff.

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Credits

director

Raymond Jafelice

co-producer

Clive A Smith

Patrick Loubert

Michael Hirsh

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Clifford Ross Co

Nelvana

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302556

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Canada

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Closed captioning

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

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