This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.
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This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.
This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
The first British animated Technicolor film.
Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One by one, his lorries are involved in accidents and sabotage is suspected. The children are determined to find the culprits.
Storyline Roger Henderson, the young son of a wealthy British gentleman, lives in one of those grand British country estates surrounded by huge gardens. When a Rembrandt painting is stolen from the vault in the basement of the mansion, Roger and John Wilson (young son of the butler) discover a secret tunnel leading from the vault to another building on the estate. They then set out on a dangerous mission to bring the smugglers to justice.
From the BFI Collection, this film is actually two films spliced together into one. The first is Birt Acres' work 'A Corner of Barnet Fair' which is the first film seen . This shows a merry-go-round and some people sitting in a doorway while street traffic goes by. The second film is a fragment of unknown origin of a street outside a very large building of what looks like a possible theatre, with a large Victorian awning. the shop next door appears to be selling wines and spirits. A horse drawn charabanc goes past, followed by a male bicyclist. This is closely followed by a male and female couple in an open carriage and two carts with workmen staring at the camera as they pass. Both films are believed to be from Barnet, given they have been spliced together. The film is in a deteriorated state with some rippling.
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
Santa Claus comes down the chimney and delivers toys to the children.
A trio of young boys become involved in a criminal plot.
Describes the making of a puppet in detail from the carving of the head to the fitting of the strings. Close-ups show how the movements of the various limbs are achieved and finally the film portrays a brief episode in the story of Hansel and Gretel.
A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
A Cadbury's chocolate advertisement based on Alice in Wonderland.
Pip, a dog, and Squeak, a penguin, are the parents of Wilfred, a rabbit.
A Sammy and Sausage cartoon.