Animated this may be, but its historical depiction of Singapore is still as accurate as ever. Revolving around the lifetime of a violin, the short film flits gorgeously through the timeline of Singapore from its British colonial period in the 1930s till today.
It even captures the spirit of progress throughout the nation’s formative years with forgotten landmarks such as the Singapore National Theatre and the Old National Library Building, as well as historic moments such as the construction of HDB flats, the deployment of the public bus and MRT services — complete with Samsui women on the trains.
The violin in subject then makes full circle right where the short film started — at the Singapore river.
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