"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date February 3, 1931

Running Time 8:04

Synopsis

A flock of birds flying through the air is attacked by a hawk who steals one of the baby birds. The other birds then join ranks to rescue him back.

Credits

Director : Bert Gillett

DVD

Disney Treasures : Silly Symphonies

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #58 : Silly Symphonies Go To the Birds

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.33 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by Columbia Pictures

Gallery

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Comments

From Jerry Edwards : A variety of birds are shown singing, dancing, and swimming until a baby chick is captured by a hawk. By attacking in fighter plane formation, the birds rescue the baby and return it to its mother. Nothing really special to this cartoon - rather ordinary and boring.

From Ryan : While this cartoon is not too interesting for me, it is very well animated for its time. I love the way the peacock displays its feathers on screen and the opening sequence showing the swans on the lake. Disney was definitely the envy of all the other studios during this era.

From Brian Swan : I have to agree with the other comments - this is really not one of the more interesting Silly Symphonies. There IS one especially good segment of animation however, about halfway through, where a group of baby chicks weave in and out between the mother hen's legs. Quite sophisticated!