The Impossible Map

Directed by Evelyn Lambart

Canada, 1947 (animation, 10 minutes, colour, English)

Also known as "La carte impossible"

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Narrator:	Bill Bolt
Animation:	Evelyn Lambart
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
Additional Credits:	Narrateur, version française [narrator, French version]: Jacques Bobet

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Quote about The Impossible Map

"Evelyn Lambart's The Impossible Map used simple, object animation to give a lucid explanation of the problems of presenting an accurate picture of the earth on a flat map. [...] The Impossible Map retains a quality of freshness and originality that has yet to be equalled by similar and more recent efforts; it is a model of what an educational film can be."
-- C. Rodney James (source)

Web Sites about The Impossible Map

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- The Impossible Map." National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=14229.
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- La carte impossible." Office national du film du Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=938. [in French]