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A Short Vision

July 1956 (estimated) Theatrical Foldes

Studio
Foldes.
Distributor
British Film Institute Experimental Fund, Intercontinental.

Synopsis

A mother plays with her baby. A man watches television. Another goes home from work. The trains run. A bar is open for drinks. Unbeknownst to them, under the cover of darkness, a stealth-like object flying under the radar approaches. Silently, the object comes. It is an H-bomb. It explodes over the city. In an instant, people's skeletons are visible as in an X-ray; their eyes fall from their sockets while their skin melts off. Everyone and everything is destroyed. Gone. There is nothing left, save for one small flame and a moth. The moth, the only life left anywhere, flies into the flame.

Characters

Thing, Moth

Credits

Directing

Director
Joan Foldes, Peter Foldes

Producing

Producer
Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes

Writing

Writer
Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes

Animation

Animator
Joan Foldes, Peter Foldes

Voices

Voice
James McKechnie

Music

Music
Matyas Seiber

Production notes

The first British cartoon to be X-rated (adults only) in Great Britain under the British Board of Film Censors classification system (the first cartoon of any kind to be so rated was "The Tell-Tale Heart").

Reviews

A Short Vision

Richard LagasseJuly 5, 2012

I was 12 years old when I first saw this and also saw it two weeks later. Back then, we did the drills for nuclear attack by getting under our little desks. I remember this clearly. When the film started ( it was black and white which makes it much colder , dismal and frightening. I was very upset and was luckless until today and finally figured out where to find the whole story. I want to find a black and white video of the animation. does anyone know???