This animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water, but that it is becoming scarcer as man-made pollutants crowd it out. It is a film without words in which plants, birds, fish and, finally, man come to the same ‘breathless’ end. (Awards: San Francisco, Belgrade)
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ACMI Identifier
307162
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Animation → Animated films - Canada
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Air
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)