Ether Symphony is a movie that was filmed in 1936 and directed by George Pal. The movie is a Animation and Short.
Practical Effects
Pal's handcrafted puppet animation — every frame physically built.
Direction
George Pal inventing his own lane seven years before Hollywood noticed.

Director
George Pal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pal created over 9,000 replacement puppets for his films, each slightly different for seamless movement — he called it 'Puppetoons.'
This was made in Eindhoven, Netherlands before Pal's escape to America; the industrial aesthetic mirrors Europe's mechanized anxiety on the eve of war.