The war changed how people did and saw things. Even animated films, in the guise of entertainment, joined in the war effort. In this section, you'll find classics of the genre and get an overview of the conflict before discovering archival footage, comments and opinions on the main themes treated in the other sections of the site.
Wartime inflation and the role of price control are the subjects of this Norman McLaren publicity trailer, which employs single-frame animation of direct pen-drawing on 35 mm film stock. The sound track consists of spoken rhymed verses accompanied by an orchestra. Film without words.
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