Information
- BFI identifier20694
- Date1953 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisANIMATION FILM. Traces the development of the motor car from the "horseless carriage" of the 1880s to the modern streamlined design. Mass production and the new and improved methods of car design are shown. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Bob Privett
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor
Sponsor: British Petroleum Company
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Title
The Moving Spirit (Original)
The History and Development of the Horseless Carriage (Alternative)
Category
Non Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: production - Animated film which traces the development of the motor car from the 'horseless carriage' of the 1880s to modern streamlined designs. Mass production and new and improved methods of car design are shown. Directors: John Halas and Bob Privett; producers: John Halas and Allan Crick; script: Allan Crick, Joy Batchelor and Bob Privett; animation: Bob Privett; music: Benjamin Frankel. Sponsored by BP [British Petroleum] Papers include, commentary script, music cues, photographs and credit list - HAB-1-29
Script - File containing: - 'Commentary script as recorded', typescript, March 1953; - photocopy of 'commentary script as recorded', March 1953 - HAB-1-29-1
Document: post-production - Single sheet giving details of title, distribution and length of the film and details of the music used, 4 March 1953 - HAB-1-29-2
Document: exhibition - File containing several cuttings cut from newspapers and pasted onto backing paper, mainly British press but also one undated article cut from the 'Natal Mercury', Durban, South Africa which mentions Moving Spirit and Power to Fly (1954) c. November - December 1953 - HAB-1-29-3
Photograph - File containing eight black and white photographs of scenes from the film, no date c. 1953 - HAB-1-29-4
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2870179
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2870180
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2870181
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2870182
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2870183
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Work - 20694 - 1953 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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