The House That Wasn't There
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Year Published: 1973
Creator: encyclopedia britannica
Description: 1973. Produced by Moreland-Latchford for Encyclopedia Britannica (Canada). Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. "The House That Wasn't There" features a narrative about a child named Mike who is involved in a moving process. He expresses concern about not being able to take his toy car due to limited space in the truck. The story unfolds as Mike navigates misunderstandings about their new address and experiences a moment of confusion when he believes there is no house at the given address. Ultimately, the film captures the themes of childhood imagination, family dynamics, and the challenges of moving. Keywords 70s film, childhood, moving, family, imagination, confusion, toy car, address, narrative, 16mm film
Complete Record: 1973. Produced by Moreland-Latchford for Encyclopedia Britannica (Canada). Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. "The House That Wasn't There" features a narrative about a child named Mike who is involved in a moving process. He expresses concern about not being able to take his toy car due to limited space in the truck. The story unfolds as Mike navigates misunderstandings about their new address and experiences a moment of confusion when he believes there is no house at the given address. Ultimately, the film captures the themes of childhood imagination, family dynamics, and the challenges of moving.
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70s film, childhood, moving, family, imagination, confusion, toy car, address, narrative, 16mm filmTranscription
[Music] so [Music] can you put my cart in the truck now we have to load the big furniture first honey we'll get to the smaller things later you won't forget it where is it right here i used to be a baby kid but now it's my car mike i want you to keep watch outside with you please it's getting under everyone's feet in there we'll take much down the street with you so you won't get in the men's way oh mike look where you left that old card of yours do you want someone to fall over it i put it there so then i wouldn't forget to put it in the trap but there won't be room for it but mom we have to take my cart i need it i'm sorry mike there just won't be room for one more thing and that's all there is to it just as soon as we can we'll get you a real life [Music] what's the matter son my mother said there won't be room for my car your mother's probably right sonny i mean awful tight squeezing everything in your house in this truck you take your street very far so far the biggest feature blinker's all the way up park street as far as you can go and a couple of blocks from the corner that doesn't sound very far there's park street there it's an awful long way to the end of park street yeah i guess so but 55 wouldn't be very far along glico street hey fred did that kid say 55 bleaker street yeah why i thought we were taking this stuff to 255. you got the order yeah it's in my pocket we're going to check it here 255 see 255 baker street i thought [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey look at that look at the wheels now thing yeah just what we need for our go-kart yeah just the right size [Music] he thinks [Music] woof [Music] everything okay son [Music] roof [Music] [Music] looks like you're having some trouble with that wheel there eh yeah it keeps coming off does he bite no foot wouldn't hurt anybody well maybe you should get him at the cut first and we'll take a look at it [Music] so where's the wheel oh it's right here yeah you're right it's all banged up yeah i better take a look at it i'll try to straighten it up just a minute okay [Music] there you are good as new thanks a lot okay i haven't got any money to pay you but my father will pay to get that's all right you just tell your father to shop at martin's hardware anytime you need something for the new house okay sure will by the way where is your new house 55 street street flicker street is around the corner about two blocks over um 55 must be in the first block after you hit bleecker are you sure you know how to get there right oh sure okay okay thank you bye now bye [Music] um [Music] [Music] there isn't any 55 but we're lost now what are we gonna do [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] mike michael mike wake up michael where have you been i've been looking all over for you come see the new house but there isn't any house there there's no number 55 it's 255 that's why you couldn't find it but there were rides here in a hot dog stand and everything just a minute ago i guess i had a pretty bad dream hi dad sounds like a pretty good dream to me come on [Music] oh [Music] yes [Music] where's mike what's happened george george george look butch by himself he'd never leave michael if something was wrong relax take it easy i'll catch everything where's mike where's my approach come on lunch should we make this i'll take it easy i'll be right back relax i'll give you some in control come on baby come on [Music] come on butch show me where mike is show me where mike is [Music] that's a good [Music] um [Music] [Laughter] um [Music] so [Music] what's our new address mike 255 blinkist right [Music] you
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