Coming Alive (Original title)
Date: 22 April 1980 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Documentary on early animation, including extracts from early animated films. Early animator Winsor Mccay created the comic strip 'Little Nemo' and went on to produce the first fully animated films. He would also perform vaudevillian dialogues while projecting his charachters on a screen. This act was filmed, and the programme includes footage of this from 1908. Animator Otto Messmer also talks about his creation of the first cartoon star, Felix the Cat.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: Animation, 1900-1909, 1910s, 1920s, McCay, Winsor (1871-1934), Felix the Cat, Little Nemo (1911)
Series title: Omnibus
TV Transmissions
Date: 22 April 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:20-23:05Runtime: 45 mins Part Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1980-04-22BFI identifier: C-902999
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1980-04-22BFI identifier: C-902999
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Date: 22 April 1980 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Documentary on early animation, including extracts from early animated films. Early animator Winsor Mccay created the comic strip 'Little Nemo' and went on to produce the first fully animated films. He would also perform vaudevillian dialogues while projecting his charachters on a screen. This act was filmed, and the programme includes footage of this from 1908. Animator Otto Messmer also talks about his creation of the first cartoon star, Felix the Cat.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: Animation, 1900-1909, 1910s, 1920s, McCay, Winsor (1871-1934), Felix the Cat, Little Nemo (1911)
Series title: Omnibus
TV Transmissions
Date: 22 April 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:20-23:05Runtime: 45 mins Part Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1980-04-22BFI identifier: C-902999
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1980-04-22BFI identifier: C-902999
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access