Norman McLaren attempts to give the opening speech for the first Montreal International Film Festival, but his microphone won't cooperate.
At the opening of the first Montreal International Film Festival, animation director Norman McLaren comes out on stage to give the opening speech. Unfortunately, his microphone has a prankish mind of its own, and is determined to keep him from speaking. This leads to a struggle and a solution that only McLaren could create.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>