1 (1947) is an independent[1] short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.
[2] The film was created by applying oil paint on Plexiglas.
[3] Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months.
In 1997, the film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
[4] The Academy Film Archive preserved Motion Painting No.