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- BFI identifier188311
- Date1961 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisHamilton is being trained as a Circus elephant, but has the knack of forgetting his tricks and his act. He hears a barrel organ and discovers that he can play his trunk as a trumpet. His trainer tries to exploit this new talent but, at the crucial moment, Hamilton forgets. This film was completed in 1961. (Synopsis)
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Hamilton the Musical Elephant (Original)
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Fiction- Collections
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16mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
16mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsHamilton the Musical Elephant - Directed and produced by John Halas; script by John Halas and Joy Batchelor; animation by Harold Whitaker and Tony Guy; music by John Dankworth [Hamilton is being trained as a Circus elephant, but has the knack of forgetting his tricks and his act. He hears a barrel organ and discovers that he can play his trunk as a trumpet. His trainer tries to exploit this new talent but, at the crucial moment, Hamilton forgets]. Papers include script, music cue sheet, stills, souvenir booklet, press cuttings, award certificate, information sheet for distribution - HAB-1-62
Script - File containing: - commentary script, 2 pages, typescript, no annotation, no date c. 1960-1961 - commentary script identical to above apart from slightly diffrent format, no date c.1960-1961 - HAB-1-62-1
Document: post-production - Music cue sheet giving details of the film's duration and length and of the music used, 6 September 1961 - HAB-1-62-2
Photograph - File containing; - three black and white production stills - one colour production still - HAB-1-62-3
Document: publicity - Souvenir brochure of Kine Weekly magazine celebrating 21 years of Halas & Batchelor and promoting its latest cartoon Hamilton the Musical Elephant. The booklet gives a brief history of the company, biographical notes on John Halas and Joy Batchelor and an overview of the company's various departments and key figures, 18 May 1961 - HAB-1-62-4
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Work - 188311 - 1961 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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