including 'The Old Man and the Beetroot'; 'The Chimney Sweep and the S.S.'; 'The Horse in Office' and 'Marriage in the Coral Sea'.
The Czechoslovak Film Festival held in London earlier this year, and at which some of these films were shown, drew the attention of British audiences to the recent striking development of the Czech motion-picture industry. Film production in Prague is nationalised, and a special section, under J. Jilovec, is devoted to the making of short cartoon and puppet films, some in colour, some in black-and-white. Their original style, brilliant draughtsmanship, and native sense of humour, combined so skilfully in these films, make them equally attractive both to the student of the cinema and to the general viewer.
(to 16.00)