<I>Curious George Rides A Bike </I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1958
name: label: Written by
content: H. A. Rey, German, 1898 - 1977
label: Written by
content: Margaret Rey, German, 1906 - 1996
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A children's animated film with the title Curious George Rides A Bike. It consists of a single reel of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The animated film chronicles the activities of George, an inquisitive monkey whose curiosity often distracts him from his plans. At the beginning of the film, George's friend gifts him a bicycle and instructs him not to leave home, however, George disobeys and finds himself delivering newspapers with the paper boy. The paper boy then tasks George to deliver the rest of the newspapers on his own but when George is distracted by a river, he uses the remaining newspapers to make a fleet of paper boats. George then has an accident while on his bicycle and is assisted by men who are travelling to a show. George's curiosity forces him to disobey the men's instructions, but he regains their confidence when he assists them with recovering one of their animals that had escaped.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Animated films
label: Topic
content: Film
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.32.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: children's films
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 400 Feet