A COLOUR BOX

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Year
1935
Reference
F9061
Media type
Moving image

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Rights Information
Year
1935
Reference
F9061
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
United Kingdom
Categories
Short
Duration
0:04:00
Production company
BRITISH GOVERNMENT POST OFFICE FILM UNIT
Credits
Director: Len Lye
Producer: John Grierson
Music: Don Baretto
Synchronised: Jack Ellit
Commissioned: GPO Film Unit

The world’s first direct film - made without a camera. Lye painted colourful designs onto celluloid, matching them to dance music.

“You’ve not seen a colour film until you’ve seen a Len Lye effort” - Herbert Alpert, Sunday Mercury, 1935.

This film won a Special Prize at the Brussels International Film Festival in 1935.