Yet another 'help me remember this movie' question

August 3, 2006 12:04 PM

OldEducationalMovieFilter: When I was in late elementary school or in junior high (late 60s...yes, 60s) I was shown a film several times. It had to do with creativity, I believe.

The only two parts I remember are a scene with a bunch of ping pong balls bouncing on city streets, and another scene where people are crossing a downtown intersection and the traffic light suddenly tells them to stop and start doing exercises (such as jumping jacks, I think).

I also saw "Donald in Mathemagic Land" more than once around the same time, but I strongly doubt I'm consfusing the two movies.

Does this jog the memory of any fellow baby boomers? A title and (if possible) a link to it on the 'Net would be wonderful.

posted by lhauser to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: Why Man Creates?
posted by iconomy at 12:24 PM on August 3, 2006

Looks like you got it, iconomy...

does anyone know if this is available anywhere? I have a class I'd love to show this to.
posted by argybarg at 12:39 PM on August 3, 2006

Looks like you can get it here. Expensive, though. There's apparently a clip you can watch on the site, but it doesn't work for me.
posted by nixxon at 12:50 PM on August 3, 2006

Response by poster: That does indeed look like the answer, iconomy. I can't believe how expensive it is! Maybe I can get it through my library. Thanks, the hivemind comes through again!
posted by lhauser at 4:05 PM on August 3, 2006

You could try college libraries (particularly small liberal arts schools), and asking any art teachers you know - it's still assigned viewing in a lot of art appreciation classes.
posted by concrete at 2:19 AM on August 4, 2006