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Curious George Rides A Bike

ca. 1958

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A children's animated film with the title Curious George Rides A Bike. It consists of a single reel of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound. The animated film chronicles the activities of George, an inquisitive monkey whose curiosity often distracts him from his plans. At the beginning of the film, George's friend gifts him a bicycle and instructs him not to leave home, however, George disobeys and finds himself delivering newspapers with the paper boy. The paper boy then tasks George to deliver the rest of the newspapers on his own but when George is distracted by a river, he uses the remaining newspapers to make a fleet of paper boats. George then has an accident while on his bicycle and is assisted by men who are travelling to a show.

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Catalog reference: 2017.55.32.1a

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