Handling Ships (1945)

Directed by

John Halas

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a stop motion animated film made for the British Admiralty to train new Royal Navy navigators. It teaches how to handle ships, covering practical maneuvers and procedures.

educationalinformativeinstructionalpracticalfocusedstraightforwardtechnical

What happens

Handling Ships is a 1945 British stop motion animated film made by Halas and Batchelor. The 70-minute film was created at the request of the British Admiralty, as a training aid for new navigators joining the Royal Navy. Although never formally released to cinemas because of its small target audience, Handling Ships was an "Official Selection" at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, and is recognised as the first feature-length work, and the first work in Technicolor, in British animation history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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