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Poorly filmed clip that proves nothing. Now that practically everyone carries a high-res camera in their cellphone, you'd think that somebody would come up with a film with clearer images than this cultural artifact. The supposed footprints linked to this event don't even match the gate or probable weight of the film's subject. Physical evidence is required to classify this film as a documentary or a drama or a comedy. The hyping of this clip did play a small role in taking our culture down the road to the current time where pseudoscience infotainment dominates the cable "documentary" channels with cryptozoology, paranormal sensationalism, alien abductions and other fantasms. Considering the attention awarded to this blip of a film, imagine what excitement any actual physical evidence would bring.

The Dave Fleischer and Seymour Kneitel directed Screen Song is actually 10 and 1/2 minutes long. The first 3 and 1/2minutes, and last 1 and 1/4 minutes are nice Fleischer animation of the period depicting animals at the zoo devouring the peanut vendor's wares. In between is 5 and 3/4 minute live action follow-the-bouncing-ball sing along of "The Peanut Vendor" and "I Am a Gay Caballero" featuring the notable Mexicana singer-dancer named Armida Vendrell. A listing for the 2 minute stop-motion animated film pictured above and discussed in other reviews can be found on imdb under "Experimental Animation 1933" . It was directed by Len Lye, and features "The Peanut Vendor" performed by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies.

My 7th grade class watched this entertaining and informative gem before our tour of the Bethlehem Steel plant. The visit included views of multiple towering blast furnaces as well as the recently constructed BOF (basic oxygen furnace). Alas, the mill is no longer operating, however this time-capsule of mid-20th Century American industrial hegemony remains. Disney created this short industrial cartoon documentary for the American Iron and Steel Institute. The science and history of turning iron into steel are presented by the effusive Donald Duck, in possibly his most demanding roll.