Mail Early for Christmas

Jan 1, 1959

0h 1m

★ 3.6

Overview

In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included the occasional "subliminal" burst of lettering, which he hand-scratched on a few frames.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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