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'Boogie-Doodle' is a 1940 drawn-on-film visual music short by Norman McLaren, set to the boogie-woogie music of African-American jazz pianist Albert Ammons.

Though released by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1941, 'Boogie-Doodle' was actually made by McLaren in New York City in 1940, a year before he was invited by John Grierson to Canada to found the NFB's animation unit. McLaren, who had been influenced by the hand-painted films of Len Lye, was in New York exploring the technique on a grant from the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, creating 'Boogie-Doodle' along with three other cameraless films: 'Dots', 'Loops' and 'Stars and Stripes'.

The animation in 'Boogie-Doodle' coincides exactly with Ammon's musical piece, with McLaren's animation beginning at the very first bar and concluding at the final note.

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