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Still image from The Building of "Conny".

Date produced: 1975

Filmmaker(s):

Robbins Barstow

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:56:04

Format:

format unknown

Colour:

Colour

Sound:

With narration by Robbins Barstow.

Awards/Recognition:

Center for Home Movies list of titled amateur films

Description:

"In 1975, Connecticut made the sperm whale its official state animal, as a symbol of conservation. The following year, a group of volunteers from the Connecticut Cetacean Society spent over 5,000 hours building a life-size, 60-foot, ferro-cement model of a male sperm whale, on the grounds of the Children's Museum in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Director of the project was Robbins Barstow, who filmed this dramatic, home-made documentary." Archive.org

Locations:

  • Hartford, Connecticut (Filming)

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Repository:

Center for Home Movies

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