Year: 1954 – ZooScope

Sophie Lidyard
18th January 2017
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Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954.

Animal Farm. Dir. John Halas, Joy Batchelor. Pathe, Universal, RKO . 1954. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Sophie Lidyard Sophie Lidyard https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae8bf1ffeb5187976220e36732bf372d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2017 25th May 2021

Halas and Batchelor’s 1954 Animal Farm holds a firm place in cinematic history as Britain’s second animated feature. The film is based on the 1945 novella by George Orwell and is often…

Catherine Stanford
21st August 2014
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Godzilla. Dir. Ishirō Honda. Toho. 1954.

Godzilla. Dir. Ishirō Honda. Toho. 1954. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Catherine Stanford Catherine Stanford https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f53f3c3edc5ddf9f8668d0f9b3e3086?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st August 2014 25th May 2021

Synopsis “If we continue to test nuclear weapons, another Godzilla may arise.” The closing line of Honda’s Godzilla, emphasised by a prolonged close-up of the speaker’s face, is proudly overt in its…