A boy creates /

Duration: 9

Year Published: 1971

Creator: An Encyclopaedia Britannica film ; produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation in collaboration with Tom Harris, Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School, Evanston, Illinois ; producer-cinematographer, Bert Van Bork.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Van Bork, Bert, film producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work.; Wurman, Hans, composer (expression); Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.

Description: Editors, Bert Van Bork, Ulf Bäckström ; original music, Hans Wurman.; Demonstrates a boy's imagination in transforming "junk" into meaningful art forms using lifeless figures in a deserted amusement park.; Footage at Playland in San Francisco and the Emeryville, California, mud flats.; PFA 1604-01-9946. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: October, 2001 color slightly faded; scratches. CONDITION NOTE: checked 2014/10/27 sb; faded Eastman color; heavy scratches and green blotches; splices; most damage occurs near head, though scratches are persistent throughout. Footage 45 ft. from tail to end credits is not in version on Encyclopaedia Britannica's youtube page.--sb

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE