<I>Happy Lion </I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1991
name: label: Written by
content: Louise Fatio, Swiss American, 1904 - 1993
label: Illustrated by
content: Roger Duvoisin, Swiss American, 1900 - 1980
label: Published by
content: McGraw-Hill Education, American, founded 1888
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 short, animated children's film with the title Happy Lion. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film is about a lion who has a house in the town zoo. A young boy, François, walks by the zoo and greets the happy lion, followed by several other people who also walk by and greet him. One morning, the lion realizes that his keeper left the door open and leaves his house. He wanders off into the town and greets some of the people who usually greet him at the zoo, but to his surprise, the people are afraid of him. Only the young boy François is not terrified of the happy lion and walks him back to the zoo.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2017.55.38.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: children's films
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
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: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 8 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 275 Feet