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Colour Box
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):5635Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Accession:1985-0279Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1935Production company:General Post OfficeProduction credit:director/animation, Len LyeDescription:Film to promote inexpensive parcel post. It is one of the earliest abstract films by New Zealander Len Lye, who painted directly on the film without the use of a camera, a technique later developed in Canada by Norman McLaren. Lines, squares and circles wobble passionately to a rumba rhythm and the postal rates come dancing on at the end. <4mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Technique:ANIMATIONDetailed holdings information: -
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