The History of inventions | Bruno Bozzetto | ACMI collection

Bozzetto claims that it was lightning that first showed man the wonders of fire and set him on the hazardous parth of invention. Since primitive times man’s inventive itch has never been at rest; now we find ourselves living on a planet so endangered by our inventions that we may well have to escape to another world to find the peace necessary to go on inventing. In Italian.

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Credits

director

Bruno Bozzetto

co-producer

Bruno Bozzetto

John Halas

production company

Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307662

Language

Italian

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Italy

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Lightning

Foreign language films

History → Civilization

History → Civilization - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventions

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventors

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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