Father Noah's Ark

Father Noah's Ark is a 1933 Silly Symphonies animated film. It is based on the story of Noah's Ark.

The short begins with the building of the Ark. Father Noah makes the plans of the ark and gives commands to its construction. His boys, Ham, Shem and Japheth build the ark from dawn to dark, with some help from the animals, while their wives load up food supplies for the flood.

Eventually, the strom rolls in and the animals are summoned, two-by-two, to the ark, leaving two skunks behind. THe ark is soon buffeted around by the storm and the ark's occupants praise to the Lord. At one point, Noah gets rainwater coming through the ceiling in his mouth and has to open a porthole to spit it out, whereupon he is chased by a stray lightning bolt, which he lets out through another porthole.

40 days later, the storm recedes and a dove, carrying an olive branch, flies back to Noah and his family to signify that land has been found. They lower the gangway and the animals all come back out onto dry land (the ark in this case resting atop a tree).

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