Aug 05, 1943
6 min
Full-HD

Chants populaires nº 5 (1943)

Alexandre Alexeïeff illustrated the song "Et moi je m'enfouiyais" (En passant) using the pinscreen technique. Norman McLaren illustrated "C'est l'aviron" using drawings on a fixed background, with the characters pasted in as they were drawn.

Category

Animation Music

Country

Canada

Companies

ONF | NFB

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