Playful and mischievous; as the filmmaker sleeps, his clay characters come to life! Douglas Butcher made this film in the nineteen fifties at the time of a claymation revival; the nineteen fifties saw a growth in clay animation in children’s television, and in the movies of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. An accomplished amateur filmmaker from Essex (check out the feature wall of certificates in the film!) Butcher made both live action and animated short films.