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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, animated typography, live action and animation, ageing, death, parents, poetry film, filmmaker, animator

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**The Old Fools** a film by Ruth Lingford

2002, 5 min 37 sec

[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools01.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools01.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools02.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools02.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools03.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools03.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools04.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools04.jpg)

soldiers

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools05.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools05.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools06.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools06.jpg)

box

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools07.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools07.jpg)

skull

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[![The Old Fools, still: skin crack](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools08.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools08.jpg)

skin crack

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools09.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools09.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools10.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools10.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools11.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools11.jpg)

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[![The Old Fools, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/oldfools12.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/oldfools12.jpg)

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**The Old Fools** film, stills and other materials © Ruth Lingford 2002