Saturday Short, Shorts SATURDAY SHORT: 200 (1976) July 25, 2026 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 5 Comments A psychedelic animation made to celebrate the United States of America’s 1976 bicentennial, paid for with taxpayer dollars. Link Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr More Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like this:Like Loading…
Check out these far out articles about the making of the film: https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2017/07/07/celebrating-america-the-usia-young-filmmaker-bicentennial-grant-project/, https://sprocketsociety.org/pdf/Impaired-Movies-Under-the-Influence_program-notes.pdf & https://docsteach.org/document/200/ Loading... Reply
The animation looks like “Schoolhouse Rock!” hence, very much of the era. I like this, but wish it had a clever song about the historical “getting here to there” events to go with the visuals. SHR was KING in that department! Loading... Reply
Groooooooooovy
Check out these far out articles about the making of the film: https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2017/07/07/celebrating-america-the-usia-young-filmmaker-bicentennial-grant-project/, https://sprocketsociety.org/pdf/Impaired-Movies-Under-the-Influence_program-notes.pdf & https://docsteach.org/document/200/
Thank you!
The animation looks like “Schoolhouse Rock!” hence, very much of the era. I like this, but wish it had a clever song about the historical “getting here to there” events to go with the visuals. SHR was KING in that department!
Schoolhouse Rock on Acid 😉