The Village smitty

Featuring Flip the Frog as the village blacksmith in this amusing silent animated cartoon.

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Credits

producer/director

Ub Iwerks

production company

Celebrity Productions

Duration

00:06:52:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1931

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315399

Language

No spoken word

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Blacksmithing

Animation

Animation → Animated films - United States

Animation → Animation - Juvenile films

Crafts & Visual Arts → Blacksmithing

Crafts & Visual Arts → Cartoon characters

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1931

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