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Playground (TEFC)

United States, 1975
film

Employs live action, still photographs, animation and split frame techniques to show how creative playgrounds provide opportunities for children to build thei..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Growing up in a scary world (TEFC)

United States, 1972
Similarity: 80%

Child's play and the real world (TEFC)

United States, 1974
Similarity: 79%

Inside Play (TEFC)

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 78%

My art is me (TEFC)

United States, 1969
Similarity: 78%

Make Believe Play (TEFC)

Unknown
Similarity: 77%

Fun on the playground

United States, 1947
Similarity: 77%

Their world (TEFC)

Hungary, 1965
Similarity: 77%

I am here today (TEFC)

United States, 1970
Similarity: 76%

Playing Outdoors (TEFC)

Unknown
Similarity: 76%

Exploring, investigating, learning (TEFC)

Australia, 1980
Similarity: 76%

Children waiting

United Kingdom, 1977
Similarity: 76%

Play is the work of young children (TEFC)

United States, 1975
Similarity: 75%

The Junk playground

Denmark, 1966
Similarity: 75%

Participation for all (TEFC)

United States, 1975
Similarity: 75%

Child's play (TEFC)

United States, 1977
Similarity: 75%

Blocks (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1974
Similarity: 75%

Objects and activities in learning (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1968
Similarity: 75%

Construction Play (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1977
Similarity: 75%
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