"Letter of Uncle Shitou"13 August 1967Animated3 mins
First short color animation from Linus CHAO (趙澤修), who is a famous painter. Some called Linus CHAO the father of Taiwan animation or Walt Disney of Taiwan. He had joined Disney's crew on the making of The Flintstones and Marry Poppins before returning to Taiwan. 台灣省政府出品，光啟動畫製作。本片以動畫形式介紹「省政信箱」的免費服務以及功能。 村民們開心慶祝光復節，石頭伯卻因買田過戶等等問題，不知如何解決而煩惱。經友人告知，只要寫信到「省政信箱」詢問，很快地就可以得到解答。不久，在台灣省政府新聞處主辦的「省政信箱」服務是免費的，解答既正確又可靠，歡迎大家多利用。
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