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FOUNTAIN OF HOPE / PEACE

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Year
1959
Reference
F216240
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1959
Reference
F216240
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
United States of America
Categories
Short
Duration
00:01:00
Production company
[The United Nations]
Credits
Director: Len Lye
Animator: Len Lye

“In 1959 the United Nations commissioned Lye to make this one-minute film, “Fountain of Hope,” to publicise United Nations Day (24th October). The film was screened worldwide in cinemas and on television. Lye superimposed the word for “peace” in many different languages over some of his kinetic sculptures, while a United Nations choir sang related music by Henry Brant that combined many national styles.” - The Len Lye Foundation; www.lenlyefoundation.com/films/peace/35/; 23/11/2015.