Item Detail Information

General Note

Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: McLaren: The Civil Servant as Artist 1956-1961.

Credit Note

Director, Norman McLaren ; photography, Norman McLaren ; animation, Norman McLaren ; director, Evelyn Lambart ; photography, Evelyn Lambart ; animation, Evelyn Lambart ; producer, Norman McLaren ; sound, Norman McLaren.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1956.

Summary

Arithmetic at its most playful set to a lively tune, with numbers that flee, chase and jostle one another. All of this under the watchful eye of "plus," "minus" and "equal" signs, which police the terrain making sure that each operation reaches the proper conclusion.

System Det Note

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Diploma of Honour, 1957
First Prize - Category: Abstract Films, 1957
Silver Reel Award - Category: Avant-Garde and Experimental, 1957
Silver Bear - Second Prize - Category: Short Films, 1956
First Prize, 1957
Diploma of Merit, 1956
Certificate of Merit, 1956
Certificate of Merit, 1956

Source of Description Note (R)

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).