The Great Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Posted: 24 Mar 2016, 10:55
Forty years ago at the 48th Academy Awards (1976) O.J. Simpson opened the envelope and announced that “GREAT†had won the Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film. The recipient was Bob Godfrey the film’s maker.
The movie “GREAT†is a classic of animation and in a mere 30 minutes tells the story of the most famous of all the Victorian engineers - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Alas the film has been out of circulation for sometime and is briskly taken off “You Tube†whenever it is uploaded.
Read the full article by Peter Ball on The Heritage Portal here: http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/arti ... dom-brunel
The movie “GREAT†is a classic of animation and in a mere 30 minutes tells the story of the most famous of all the Victorian engineers - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Alas the film has been out of circulation for sometime and is briskly taken off “You Tube†whenever it is uploaded.
Read the full article by Peter Ball on The Heritage Portal here: http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/arti ... dom-brunel