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The Puppeteers

Canada, 1952
film

Shows the making of puppets and the way in which they are manipulated by the puppeteer.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Puppets

United States, 1967
Similarity: 76%

Cinderella on strings

Australia, 1947
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Puppetry: string marionettes

United Kingdom, 1947
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Glove puppetry - making the heads

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 74%

Puppet animation

Australia, 1983
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Masquerade

Canada, 1984
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Our puppets

Australia, 1993
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Sur le pont d'Avignon

Canada, 1951
Similarity: 73%

Let's make puppets

Australia, 1952
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Creative Activity: Our First Puppet Play

Australia, 1954
Similarity: 73%

Movies in the mill

Canada, 1954
Similarity: 73%

Glove puppetry - Painting and dressing

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 73%

The Dancing fleece

United Kingdom, 1950
Similarity: 72%

The Movie movie

Canada, 1986
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Blue like an orange

France, 1968
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Jiri Trnka's puppets

Czechoslovakia, 1957
Similarity: 71%

The Light fantastick

Canada, 1974
Similarity: 71%

The Body

United States, 1980
Similarity: 71%
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