<I>I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Directed by
content: Derek Lamb, 1936 - 2005
label: Written by
content: Derek Lamb, 1936 - 2005
label: Recorded by
content: Burl Ives, 1909 - 1995
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 I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: A jingle plays in the background as the animation plays on screen. The song and story are about an old lady who swallows a fly and then swallows a spider to catch the fly. The songster then sings that the lady swallows a bird to catch the fly and then swallows a cat to catch the bird. The plot and song continue in this manner where the lady swallows bigger animals in succession to catch the smaller one she previously swallowed, eventually swallowing a dog, goat, pig and ultimately a horse, after which the singer says that "she's dead, of course."
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: 2017.55.37.1a
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: 6 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 200 Feet