Great
AnimationHistoryDocumentary
5.6/10
|GB
|en
|27 min
Release Date: 1975-03-17
Overview - An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.
Production Companies
Bob Godfrey FilmsBritish Lion FilmsGrantstern Films
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
Two men are painting a battleship and the older is regaling the younger with the achievements of the engineering genius that was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I could have sworn it was the voice of Angus Lennie (remember "Ives" from the Great Escape - 1963) and sure enough it is! Anyway, using a comibination of animation styles and photography we spend half an hour on a planet very near "Monty Python" ...
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