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A film designed to instruct children and their teachers in the making of animated films. Shows children in a fourth grade class at work on their own cartoons.
, Demonstrates techniques which may be used by children to produce simple animated sequences. Shows how a series of crayon drawings can be made so that, with a slight variation in positioning, they appear to produce motion when flipped rapidly in succession. Includes three animated productions by the fourth graders of the Amidon School in Washington, D.C.

The film covers three days in the life of Hiram Jaffe a would-be playwright who supplements his living as a porn writer and by walking dogs. Jaffe is beset by problems, including his inability to persuade the moving man to move the couple's furniture, and retreats into fantasy.

Credits

Cast
Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Joe Silver

Copyright

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A film designed to instruct children and their teachers in the making of animated films. Shows children in a fourth grade class at work on their own cartoons.
, Demonstrates techniques which may be used by children to produce simple animated sequences. Shows how a series of crayon drawings can be made so that, with a slight variation in positioning, they appear to produce motion when flipped rapidly in succession. Includes three animated productions by the fourth graders of the Amidon School in Washington, D.C., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright