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Keep Your Mouth Shut
19442 min 20 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Norman McLaren
Production: Norman McLaren
The last film made by Norman
McLaren during the Second World War is a call to Canadians to “keep their
mouths shut” and a rare example of the filmmaker’s use of marionettes for
animation.
Availability
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films > Home FrontSafety and Emergency Measures
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen Responsibilities
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- Norman McLaren
- producer
- Norman McLaren
- animation
- George Dunning