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Le merle

1958 4 min
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Animation de papier découpé mettant en vedette un merle qui perd tour à tour son bec, son cou, son oeil, ses ailes, ses pattes, et qui les retrouve en double et en triple, en suivant le rythme d'une chanson folklorique interprétée par le Trio lyrique.

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Animation de papier découpé mettant en vedette un merle qui perd tour à tour son bec, son cou, son oeil, ses ailes, ses pattes, et qui les retrouve en double et en triple, en suivant le rythme d'une chanson folklorique interprétée par le Trio lyrique.

Music Animals All subjects
  • director
    Norman McLaren
  • producer
    Norman McLaren
  • animation
    Norman McLaren
  • images
    Douglas Poulter
  • song
    Le Trio lyrique
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn

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Ages 11 to 17
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Arts Education - Music Arts Education - Visual Arts English Language Arts - Children's Stories/Fables Science - Life Systems/Ecology
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