The Candlemaker (Original title)
Date: 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Synopsis: ANIMATION. A small boy in an American town fails in his duty of making candles just before Christmas. He makes amends in his own small way.
Genre: Animation
Subjects: Christmas, Candles
Releases
Date: 1957not specifiedRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 13 mins Length: 1180 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.33:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lutheran Film Service
Date: January 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 13 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [The Film User - v12 n136 February 1958: no known title]Language: English
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Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367
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Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367-2
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Digital materials(8)
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499380
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499380-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499393
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499393-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-499345
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-499345-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(1)
Description: Betacam SPBFI identifier: C-1615453
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1957BFI identifier: N-232461
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-232614
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1203 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-691333
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Synopsis: ANIMATION. A small boy in an American town fails in his duty of making candles just before Christmas. He makes amends in his own small way.
Genre: Animation
Subjects: Christmas, Candles
Releases
Date: 1957not specifiedRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 13 mins Length: 1180 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.33:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lutheran Film Service
Date: January 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 13 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company: Halas & Batchelor, Sponsor: United Lutheran Churches of America, Producer: John Halas, Producer: Joy Batchelor, Camera: Bill Traylor, Camera: Roy Turk, S.G. Griffiths, Animator: Harold Whitaker, Animator: John Smith, Animator: Vic Bevis, Animator: John Williams, Layouts: Philip Stapp, Backgrounds: Ted Pettingell, Backgrounds: Tom Bailey, Guy Neale, Editor: Jack King, Music: Matyas Seiber
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
In: The Film User v12 n136 February 1958Title: [The Film User - v12 n136 February 1958: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(8)
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499380
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499380-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499393
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-499393-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-499345
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-499345-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-499367-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Video materials(1)
Description: Betacam SPBFI identifier: C-1615453
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1957BFI identifier: N-232461
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-232614
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1203 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-691333
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film