# Short film shown when I was a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321 "2008-03-30T22:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/1 "2008-03-30T22:52:40Z")
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_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0048980/). 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? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/2 "2008-03-31T04:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] 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_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0048980/). 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? [/QUOTE] Might you be thinking of [Animals Are Beautiful People](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071143/)? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/3 "2008-03-31T04:50:14Z")
Missed the edit window. I forgot to add that the movie was made in 1974, so the time frame is very close. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/4 "2008-04-03T00:51:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/5 "2008-04-03T02:50:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-film-shown-when-i-was-a-kid/443321/6 "2008-04-03T03:09:04Z")
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.