ALA and every associated organisation should adopt the rights to this Oscar nominated animated short and have it up on their website.  It is that good.

This website will only be open for a limited time.  If you ever wanted to show people how important are words and the spirit of the book - this is the way to do it.  The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

This 1947 Encyclopaedia Brittanica production is a study in precious information simply and clearly documented! original site post

What would happen if we forgot this technology? I shudder to think.