Aaron Stell

An on-set documentary about the making of the classic science fiction film 'Silent Running'.

This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how the different jobs in the sound department contribute to the finished film. They start with the technicians, who record the original sounds, and end with the re-recording mixer who takes several different tracks and blends them into a single soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2012.

A boy goes to live with his uncle after his father is unjustly imprisoned. The uncle sells the boy's pet burro for drink. The boy finds the burro but he is injured and needs to be put down. The boy finds evidence to clear his father and a priest gives the boy money for another burro