On Dec 1938, the fifth colour animated film of the Mosfilm studio was released.
It used the three-colour method of Pavel Mikhailovich Mershin. "The Marvellous Traffic Light"
The colour version of the animated film "The Marvellous Traffic Light" was restored in 2009
from a colour-coded original negative from the collection of the Russian State Film Archive (Gosfilmofond)
The Marvellous Traffic Light
Screenplay - Grigoriy Yagdfeld Text - V. Vinnikov
Director - Georgiy Yelizarov Camera - Fyodor Firsov Assistant camera - V. Babynin
Artist - Valentin Kadochnikov Composer - Ye. Zharkovsky
Sound engineer - Sergey Minervin Sound designer - I. Yevteyev-Volskiy
Puppet animation: Mariya Benderskaya, V. Krylov, K. Nikiforov, L. Ryashentseva, A. Shpindler.
Puppet Designers: K. Levandovskaya, N. Gekhtman, Ye. Sherkova, Z. Lavrinovich, R. Gurov
Production Director - Z.I. Itskov Administrator - A. Koltsov
Filmed in colour using the technique of cinematographer P.M. Mershin. A production of Mosfilm studio, 1938.
The latest news from around the world!
The Forest Gazette! The Forest Gazette!
The latest news from around the world!
The Forest Gazette! The Forest Gazette!
And you, Owl, are you sitting in my seat again?
Eat eskimo ice cream in summer and winter!
So here it is - come all, come all - buy an eskimo ice cream!
Help! Help!
This damned intersection!
The motor's stuck!
It is a total mess-up!
It's jammed again!
Get on with it, go fix it!
Find a way out, and pronto!
Disgrace! Disgrace! Disgrace!
- I must get to my football. - Nightmare! Nightmare!
- I'm be late for the school bell. - Bad blow! Bad blow!
- I'm going to my professor. - I - to a dinner party.
Scandal! Scandal! Scandal!
I, friends, have found a solution.
It's as clear as two times two:
regulating traffic will be
the owl's job from this day on.
Regulating the traffic
will be the owl from now on.
2.5 tons
[Stop]
Now our path is straight and speedy, Not in a dream, but for real,
Ever since we have appointed The owl as our traffic light.
It's so simple, it's so clear now. Just look right in front of you:
Stop - the red one's open! Go - when it has turned to green.
The traffic light shines so brightly Over the calm, tranquil paths,
And even breastfeeding infants Can now safely pass through here.
It's so simple, it's so clear now. Just look right in front of you:
Stop - the red one's open! Go - when it has turned to green.
Traffic Light Workshop
Traffic lights should be provided Everywhere, on all the roads,
Then we could get all congestion Swept away, like with a broom.
It's so simple, it's so clear now. Just look right in front of you:
Stop - the red one's open! Go - when it has turned to green.
The traffic light shines so brightly Over the calm, tranquil paths,
And even breastfeeding infants Can now safely pass through here.
It's so simple, it's so clear now. Just look right in front of you:
Stop - the red one's open! Go - when it has turned to green.
Stop - the red one's open!
Go - when it has turned to green.
The End subs by Lemicnor, Eus, Niffiwan May-July 2025, Animatsiya.net
Collation of colour-delimited original negatives and digital frame-by-frame image restoration - Nikolay Mayorov
Scanning of rare film materials Vladimir Kotovskiy
Russian State Film Archive (Gosfilmofond) 2010