Jan 01, 1942
3 min
Full-HD

5 for 4 (1942)

This animated short by Norman McLaren serves as a wartime savings campaign. Symbolic figures, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move and dance against a simple painted background. The score is "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie," by Albert Ammons.

Category

Animation War

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

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