Movies: Children S Film Foundation Cff

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets g...

A compilation of extracts from Children's Film Foundation productions: "The Rescue Squad", "Ali and the Camel", "The Salvage Gang", "Go Kart Go", "Danny the dragon", "A ghost of a chance" and "Peewee's pianola" (ep. from "The magnificent 6 1/2"....

Egghead creates a robot double of his sister....

John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in school, he is not very attentive and falls asleep during a lesson about electricity so his teacher ...

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery....

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate....

A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men claiming to be enthusiasts but who turn out to be robbers who pl...

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A bunch of kids beat a nasty old antique dealer to a hidden treasure chest left by a fleeing Cavalier....

The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it. But the Gang comes in handy when a smuggling gang arrives on the scene....

Two boys wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model aircraft....

Gavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures before Danny finally manages to return to his own planet....

Three air cadets foil Revolutionaries who are plotting to steal an airliner....

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a ...

Two children dig up an old Viking treasure ship and become involved with crooks who have buried their loot on the site. Specially made for children....

The son of African diplomat is kidnapped and replaced by his double in an attempt to assassinate a VIP at a London conference....

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter...

Story of four youngsters who discover birds' nest thieves on a sanctuary island.From story by Mary Cathcart Borer....

Chris and Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers....

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious...