Overview:
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.| Status: | Released (1942-01-26) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| Screen: | Cecil Beard, Jack Miller, George Pal |
| Productions: | George Pal Productions, Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
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- 21869: George Pal - Producer - Production
- 21869: George Pal - Cinematography - Crew
- 21869: George Pal - Director - Directing
- 1560182: Eddison von Ottenfeld - Music - Sound
- 21869: George Pal - Story - Writing
- 1299433: Wah Chang - Character Designer - Visual Effects
- 66758: Ray Harryhausen - Animation - Visual Effects
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This is like a Nazi’s do the “War of the Worlds” as an idyllic Dutch scenario is suddenly trampled over by an army of metallic robots. From the ground they decimate all they encounter, they even have tanks and then from the air their aircraft drop incendiaries by the dozen. With thei ....
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