Train Trouble (Original title)
Date: 1946 (Release)Country: United Kingdom[Director]: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Production company billing: ©[not cited]; J.W.T. presents; a cartoon by Halas Batchelor
Synopsis: Animated commercial for Kellog's cornflakes.Shotlist: ANIMATION. Advertisement for Kellogg's cornflakes. Signalman Squirrel is late for work each day as his full cooked breakfast is never ready on time. His tardiness means that he only just arrives in time to change the points and prevent a train collision. Mr Bear is delivering groceries and warns him that their could be an accident one day. Signalman Squirrel realises that he has been left the wrong groceries. The next day Mr Bear realises that a train is five minutes early and rushes to the signal box. He falls onto the track and thinks he will be crushed, but Signalman Squirrel has already changed the lines. He explains to Mr Bear that thanks to the wrong groceries being delivered he discovered Kellogg's Corn Flakes - the 30 second breakfast, which got him to work in plenty of time. Note: The short version differs by condensing the action and missing out some of the opening sequences.
Genres: Advert, Animation
Subject: Cornflakes
Releases
Date: 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 5 mins Language: English
Date: September 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 5 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1946 (Release)Country: United Kingdom[Director]: John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Production company billing: ©[not cited]; J.W.T. presents; a cartoon by Halas Batchelor
Synopsis: Animated commercial for Kellog's cornflakes.Shotlist: ANIMATION. Advertisement for Kellogg's cornflakes. Signalman Squirrel is late for work each day as his full cooked breakfast is never ready on time. His tardiness means that he only just arrives in time to change the points and prevent a train collision. Mr Bear is delivering groceries and warns him that their could be an accident one day. Signalman Squirrel realises that he has been left the wrong groceries. The next day Mr Bear realises that a train is five minutes early and rushes to the signal box. He falls onto the track and thinks he will be crushed, but Signalman Squirrel has already changed the lines. He explains to Mr Bear that thanks to the wrong groceries being delivered he discovered Kellogg's Corn Flakes - the 30 second breakfast, which got him to work in plenty of time. Note: The short version differs by condensing the action and missing out some of the opening sequences.
Genres: Advert, Animation
Subject: Cornflakes
Releases
Date: 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 5 mins Language: English
Date: September 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 5 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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A Cartoon by: Halas & Batchelor, Presents: J. Walter Thompson, [Producer]: John Halas, Joy Batchelor, [Screenplay]: Alexander Mackendrick, [Animator]: John Halas, Joy Batchelor, [Designer]: Alexander Mackendrick, With Music by: Francis Chagrin, Sound System: Western Electric