
Aquamania(1961)
Mr. X buys a boat and inadvertantly enters the water skiing race. With Junior driving, with no experience, he's a bit out of his league.


The Substitute is a comedy, animation, romance film released in 1961 exploring themes of beach, short film, hilarious. Directed by Dušan Vukotić, With magic inflatable objects that spring to life to fill his every need, a flippant beachgoer wants for nothing. Well... almost nothing.
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