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Wings: a tale of two chickens

Title: Wings: a tale of two chickens [videorecording] / Kratky Films, Prague for Weston Woods Studios ; produced by Zdenka Deitchova.
Publication: Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1991.

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Description

1 videocassette (9 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Brightly-hued animation is used to tell the tale of two very different chickens. Harriet was enormously fond of reading and hobbies. Lethargic Winnie would rather swat flies all day long. One day, Winnie is offered a ride in a hot air balloon by a wily fox and takes off much to the chagrin of Harriet who frantically tries to retrieve her. Other animals commiserate with Harriet stating unequivocally, "She never did have a lick of sense." When the fox sets down to get more provisions, Winnie unwittingly jettisons the balloon's sandbags, and temporarily eludes her captor. Bored with her balloon flight, she disembarks the aircraft at the nearest watertower. Undeterred, the fox dons a chicken costume and captures Winnie in a sack. Disguised as a dog, Harriet rescues her flighty friend and puts her to bed with a book about the wily fox.

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Genre/Form

Films for preschoolers, Fiction.

Note

Based on the book by James Marshall.

Credits (note)

Director, Gene Deitch; animators, Milada Kacenova, Irena Jandova, Hana Petrova; music, Zdenek Merta.

Title

Wings: a tale of two chickens [videorecording] / Kratky Films, Prague for Weston Woods Studios ; produced by Zdenka Deitchova.

Imprint

Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1991.

Credits

Director, Gene Deitch; animators, Milada Kacenova, Irena Jandova, Hana Petrova; music, Zdenek Merta.

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Deitch, Gene.

Marshall, James, 1942-1992. Wings, a tale of two chickens.

Krátký film.

Weston Woods Studios.

Branch Call Number

J VTH 2046 W

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