One man's history: Orwell's 'Animal farm'

Tries to examine some of George Orwell’s motives when he wrote his famous political fable “Animal farm”, by contrasting scenes from Halas and Batchelor’s cartoon feature film with archive film of political life in Russia between the wars.

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Credits

producer

Andree Molyneux

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508593

Language

English

Subject categories

History → Soviet Union - History - 20th century

Literature → English fiction

Literature → Orwell, George, 1903-1950

People → Orwell, George, 1903-1950

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1975

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