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Flicker School

1942 , Didsbury (Greater Manchester)

Cat no. 212602

A less than helpful instructional guide to hosting your own film show.

Amateur filmmaker, cinema historian and railway engineer H.A.V. Bulleid skips over the difficult bits in this less than helpful, tongue-in-cheek guide to hosting a film show. Ann McCann plays a 'magical' teacher, who begins her step-by-step guide by erecting a screen with a click of her fingers. After propping up the projector with a book entitled 'You Have Been Warned', a complex mess of cables leads to a light switch that she operates with a wave of her hand. Having selected a film from a large pile of cans, the tricky task of threading the projector is easily completed with another click of the teacher's fingers, and with the music also selected, the chairs magically arrange themselves to form an 'auditorium'. With the audience - Elmer Quane (H.A.V. Bulleid) in a variety of costumes - safely in their seats, the screening can commence, with Laurel and Hardy appearing as bumbling soldiers.

Keywords

Film projection; Film shows; Parodies

  • Maker : H. A. V. Bulleid

  • Production company : HAVB Film

  • Teacher Ann McCann

  • Audience Elmer Quane (aka H.A.V. Bulleid)

Manifestations

Flicker School

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    INV366163
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:13
    Modification Date
    24/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734263
  • Barcode
    INV345702
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:13
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724523
  • Barcode
    INV371362
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:14:13
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    723749
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV312349
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:06
    Modification Date
    10/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    721921
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV317582
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:06
    Modification Date
    08/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    721620
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV240202
    Canonical Identifier
    2009/59
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    standard8 film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:12:57
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    18/11/2009
    Parts
    Reference
    680935
    Sound
    silent

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