Ugly Duckling
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
07:29:57 CU two young kids, girl w/ ringlets & hair ribbon & boy, play on carpe; discuss when father will be home & what present he’s bringing them: “I hope it’s a puppy!”.
07:30:26 Father into room w/ box; mother comes in to greet him. Open to find a duckling & funny dialogue. CU duckling w/ reaction shot of little girl - “I don’t think it’s ugly, I think it’s beautiful!” Mother tells them story of the Ugly Duckling once they promise to wash for dinner.
07:31:22 “Mother Duck” & ducklings in outdoor setting, turkey approaches; goose & duck pecks. Down in next as eggs hatch -- kids’ mother continues story in VO - Momma Duck worried about large unhatched egg (CU) - others hatched already. Around nesting mother duck. Kids on couch play w/ duckling.
07:32:20 Ugly Duckling hatches, looks almost fully grown - baby ducklings swim away from him on the pond because he’s “too large, white and ugly” - cutaways to kids listening to story on sofa. Ugly duckling on pond all alone, other birds ignoring him so he goes in search of friends in woods.
07:34:24 Finds geese & follows. Duckling under ferns. Children & mother on couch. Duckling wanders in woods falls into hole. Farmer rescues ugly duckling from hole.
07:35:55 Farmer takes him into farmhouse; duckling warms itself by stove but driven out by farmer’s cat & hen. Wanders into woods; into granary.
07:37:46 Winter scenes - ugly duckling sheltered in granary & grows into beautiful swan; Spring, goes outside & meets other swans on pond, sees his own reflection - “lived happily ever after”.
Fairy Tales; Children’s Stories; Nuclear Family; Housewives; 1950s Americana; Stereotypes; Birds; Poultry;
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Ugly Duckling Encyclopaedia Britannica Films 07:29:57 CU two young kids, girl w/ ringlets & hair ribbon & boy, play on carpe; discuss when father will be home & what present he’s bringing them: “I hope it’s a puppy!”. 07:30:26 Father into room w/ box; mother comes in to greet him. Open to find a duckling & funny dialogue. CU duckling w/ reaction shot of little girl - “I don’t think it’s ugly, I think it’s beautiful!” Mother tells them story of the Ugly Duckling once they promise to wash for dinner. 07:31:22 “Mother Duck” & ducklings in outdoor setting, turkey approaches; goose & duck pecks. Down in next as eggs hatch -- kids’ mother continues story in VO - Momma Duck worried about large unhatched egg (CU) - others hatched already. Around nesting mother duck. Kids on couch play w/ duckling. 07:32:20 Ugly Duckling hatches, looks almost fully grown - baby ducklings swim away from him on the pond because he’s “too large, white and ugly” - cutaways to kids listening to story on sofa. Ugly duckling on pond all alone, other birds ignoring him so he goes in search of friends in woods. 07:34:24 Finds geese & follows. Duckling under ferns. Children & mother on couch. Duckling wanders in woods falls into hole. Farmer rescues ugly duckling from hole. 07:35:55 Farmer takes him into farmhouse; duckling warms itself by stove but driven out by farmer’s cat & hen. Wanders into woods; into granary. 07:37:46 Winter scenes - ugly duckling sheltered in granary & grows into beautiful swan; Spring, goes outside & meets other swans on pond, sees his own reflection - “lived happily ever after”. Fairy Tales; Children’s Stories; Nuclear Family; Housewives; 1950s Americana; Stereotypes; Birds; Poultry;