When I was a kid–born in 63, so late sixties early seventies–there were two short films that we were shown over and over again. One was Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon. The other was similar in that it was without dialogue, and short, but the subject matter was different. It showed a rainstorm from the very beginning–a big fat drop of water splatting onto a patch of dry cracked earth–all the way through downpour, sluicing runnels, and eventually cessation and sunshine. I don’t remember much else about it, but that initial PLUP of the first drop still rings in my ears, like 40 years later. Anyone know what it might be called?
Might you be thinking of Animals Are Beautiful People? It’s been many many many years since I’ve seen it, but I’m almost sure there’s a very sad sequence with a drought (some animals are fooled by mirages the same way people would be), which is ended with a plop of water from a raindrop, which then turns into a downpour complete with flooding, then ends with flowers sprouting in places you never would have imagined several minutes earlier.
ETA I need to see this movie again. I remember loving it to death, even with the sad parts. I don’t think it was totally silent though. I believe it had narration, but possibly not in the drought/rainstorm scenes.
Missed the edit window. I forgot to add that the movie was made in 1974, so the time frame is very close.
No, sorry, that’s not it. *AABP *is feature length and has a narrator, and is filmed in Africa. This film is short, no spoken dialog or narration, and is clearly filmed in a small American town.
I have no idea what it is, but I think I remember it. I grew up in the 80’s, but as we all know time has no meaning in American public schools.
No doubt. This was not anything obscure, either; I saw it both in private schools and in public schools. It seemed like it was a pretty standard thing.