2 min 46 sec

Taken from the sponsored film Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not (c1939)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

Willie lounges and plays while the other animals, showing foresight, collect and deposit food (or in the case of the dog, signposts) in the bank.

Curator’s notes

In this clip, Willie Wombat sings his ‘I’m Willie the Wombat’ song, espousing that ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Because of the film’s age, the technical quality of the audio track is not great. But it’s still possible to appreciate the film’s songs (by Lance Watkinson) and music (by John Kay) – very much of their time and obviously written to please the youthful audience the film was trying to reach. Recording and sound post-production were done at Supreme Sound.

Adrienne Parr, curator

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