S*P*L*A*S*H

Year Published: 1980

Creator: National Film Board of Canada.

Complete Record: National Film Board of Canada, 1980. Directed by Michael Mills. "This fast-paced and entertaining animated film is about water and the demands placed on our waterways by agriculture, industry, and urban life. An army of droplets, led by The Chief, shows what happens to water from the time it falls as rain until it reaches its destination." (nfb.ca)

Transcription

[Music] droplets. This time around, we will be entering a watershed. A watershed fraught with all manner of dangers that will demand of you the utmost courage and fortitude. Cloud, cut that out. Sorry, chief. You got me all excited. Yes. Well, uh, learn to control yourself. For you youngans who may not be familiar with a whed, the whed consists of a large land area where all the water drains in one direction to a lake or ocean. This particular one is the most difficult type because it is highly populated here, here, here, and here. Our objective to make it to the lake. The bugs are with us. Bugs? What bugs? But the watershed contains many beasties and unknown nasties. Many of you won't make it. These sir, what are bugs? Well, they're little fellas come in all shapes and sizes. Their mission is to help and neutralize the beasties and nasties. Now what? Uh, drop zone key. Aha. Okay, man. Charge. You okay, Chief? Gives me a last turn. What? Keep your heads down. Insta gusters. Come on. Come on. Let's have Come on. Get your Come [Music] on. I told him what? Rub the nasty stuff off. Okay, droplets. The real action is up top. So, let's have some volunteers. We'd rather stay here, chief. It's nice and cozy. Civilians, they're all alike. It's nice and cozy. Come on, men. Die. [Music] I think we overdid the volunteer bet. We're going to flood. What's a flood, Chief? I us play. Hold on to the trees. What trees, chief? Well, who took the trees? What's this doing here? Oh. Where are we, Chief? Strange place. Boots in the sky. Hey, Chief. I thought you said this was our flood plane. Shut up and keep moving. Just keep moving. Darn boots. [Applause] What's that? Careful. It's the oil and salt beasties. Here come the box. Here come the [Music] bugs. Go get it. Good work, man. I like that. Okay, then let's give him a treat. Let's oxygenate. Hey, stop that. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Ch. This wasn't here last trip. Oh, lovely, lovely oxygen. Don't worry, son. It's dust after your bubbles. We're going to listen, are we? It's called evaporation, son. Happens all the time. Teach you to keep your head down. [Music] Hey, show me the way to go. Come on, Ch. I'm done. Look, Chase. It's the nasties. You're right. It's the nasties. the [Music] char. Come on. Come on. Yeah. [Music] Yeah. Regroup. [Music] You do smell nice, chief. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hang in there, lads. Where are we, Chief? Don't get too curious, son. I don't like the sound of that one. Keep close, son. Keep close. Follow me. Where are you? Over here detour. That was I see daylight. You don't have a funny car. We got lost. Good old chief. [Music] Ah, feel like a new [Music] man. Look. What's [Music] that? Droplets. This is to be our finest hour. This is the reason the great cloud in the sky put us [Music] here. Will you stop that you great [Music] ninth and lady gentlemen? Our mission is to dilute them. [Music] [Music] They're all gone. Those iny wincy little lads. The nasties got them all. Chief good. They're mutating. They can't do that here. Come on. We've got to stop them. [Music] Come on. Come on. Let's have you. Come on. Get your jokes up. Come on. Come on. You can't do that. No. To the surface, lads. To the surface. Come on. You can't do that. No. Oh, [Music] wow. They got him. The besties got him. He's alive. Oh, he's alive. That's no good. We're gers. Our only hope is to evaporate. It's up to you now, Padre. Thank you. It's happening. I'm evaporating. Me, too. Leave me here. I'm too old and heavy for that. No, leave me here. I insist. What? Where? [Applause] The chief. We have to rescue the chief. [Music] Get out. Drop some ch. Oh no. Come on then. Follow the chief. Heat. Heat. [Music] lettering. Don't fade out, please.


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