Dancers on a carousel

A Girl on a Carousel

Do you remember your first carousel ride? Wendy Kirbey does, and when her hometown needed an economic boost she had an idea: build a carousel, from scratch, using old world craftsmanship. See how this idea transforms the community when a group of dedicated volunteers design, hand carve and paint all of the animals needed to complete what many believe will be one of the most beautiful carousels ever created.

A girl works at her cruel grandfather’s merry-go-round. Fears transform into freedom, as the carousel made of birds takes flight.

A visual poem, vivid, lyrical, as intriguing in its colour fantasy as in the beauty of its images. This is an escape from a merry-go-round of painted horses suddenly turned to flesh and blood, making a wild plunge for freedom. But these are horses of extraordinary colour--lime, mauve, bronze and gold--as if caught in some mysterious kaleidoscope of the dawn. A triumph of technical virtuosity, these unusual effects were achieved in the printing process.

Dancing clowns and acrobats entertain a circus audience.

"Carousel is a colorful film that takes us on today's merry-go-round through an excellent editing job and the use of music. This 3 1/2 minute work of art is by Louis Grenier of Chicago" PSA Journal, Nov. 1969, 57.

An actuallity film of a fairground carousel in action. Filmmaker unknown but it has been suggested it is R.W. Paul. The film was made on Hampstead heath, London, UK.

A single-camera position film of a merry-go-round at an unidentified location. The carousel makes about ten revolutions during the film.