Fable Safe (animation) (1971)
Title
Fable Safe (animation) (1971)
Subject
Cold War in art
Animated films
Arms race--History--20th century
Nuclear warfare--Fiction
URL
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Description
Short Cold-War era animated film illustrating the absurdity of stockpiling nuclear weapons.
Content description from YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro56gW3l9dA):
Fable Safe is a short film made during the Cold War that through art, animation, music, and lyrics demonstrate the absurdity of stockpiling more and more nuclear weapons. In this production a misinterpretation seen on radar causes both the United States and an unknown enemy to deploy part of its nuclear arsenal which leads to mutual destruction. The year of its release it was the opening film of the New York Film Festival Lincoln Center. Produced by Sumner Jules Glimcher.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping with program description. Handwritten notes: Museum of Modern Art. 5 August, 1985. Under Cover. KAET.
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Content description from YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro56gW3l9dA):
Fable Safe is a short film made during the Cold War that through art, animation, music, and lyrics demonstrate the absurdity of stockpiling more and more nuclear weapons. In this production a misinterpretation seen on radar causes both the United States and an unknown enemy to deploy part of its nuclear arsenal which leads to mutual destruction. The year of its release it was the opening film of the New York Film Festival Lincoln Center. Produced by Sumner Jules Glimcher.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping with program description. Handwritten notes: Museum of Modern Art. 5 August, 1985. Under Cover. KAET.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Erik Barnouw (director and writer)
Sumner Jules Glimcher (producer)
Date
1971
Citation
“Fable Safe (animation) (1971),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/14.