Trade Tattoo
- Synopsis
- A mixture of live action submerged in a sea of abstract patterns and line movements. The underlying theme is that to maintain the rhythm of workaday Britain one must post early in the day. Music played by the Lecuona Band.
- Series
- Early Cinema Commercials: Animation
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. Technicolor. 6 min.
- Year of production
- 1937
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- See: EARLY CINEMA COMMERCIALS: ANIMATION for availability on compilation videocassette.
- Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- animation films; postal services
Credits
- Director
- Len Lye
- Producer
- John Grierson
- Contributor
- Frank H ‘Jonah’ Jones; Jack Ellitt
Production Company
- Name
GPO Film Unit
Distributor
- Name
Post Office Film & Video Library
- poes@edist.co.uk
- Phone
- 01795 426465
- Fax
- 01795 474871
- Address
- c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH - Notes
- Contact: Barry Wiles
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