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THRIFTY NIFTY

Rights Information
Year
1948
Reference
F27223
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1948
Reference
F27223
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:14:30
Production company
Robert Steele Productions
Credits
Director: Ronald Trent Bowie
Producer: Robert Steele
Photography: Robert Steele
Story: Barbara Thompson
Puppets Designed And Made: Arthur Thompson
Puppeteers: Barbara Thompson
Puppeteers: Yolande Rutherford
Puppeteers: Arthur Thompson
Music Composed: Crombie Murcoch
Conducted: Crombie Murcoch
Uncle Selwyn: Selwyn Toogood

A puppet show about three dogs, Dingo, Trixi and Thrifty Nifty who get up to various antics. Thrifty Nifty wastes no money or food. Dingo is just the opposite. The puppet show tells their story. Afterwards, Selwyn Toogood advises children to save for the future using their school savings bank.