''CBS Children's Film Festival'' (also known as ''CBS Children's Hour'') is a 1967-1984 television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children (several of them dubbed into

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). Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons beginning in February 1967, it became a regularly scheduled program in 1971 on the CBS Saturday-morning lineup, running one hour with some films apparently edited down to fit the time slot. The program was hosted by 1950s television act ''

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and actress

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. Kukla, Fran and Ollie were dropped from the series in 1977 and the program was renamed ''CBS Saturday Film Festival''.''CBS Children's Film Festival''
at TVGuide.com
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''. CBS canceled ''30 Minutes'' in 1982 and brought back ''Saturday Film Festival'' which ran for two seasons until CBS cancelled it for good in 1984. Perhaps the most famous "episode" of the series was the 1960 British film '' Hand in Hand'', the story of a deep friendship between two elementary school students, one a

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films, the series also featured motion pictures from

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, and

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, as well as several other countries. Other films that aired during the series run include the

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-winning French film ''

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;'' '' Skinny and Fatty'' from Japan; ''

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'' from Great Britain; '' Tillie, the Unhappy Hippopotamus'' from Czechoslovakia; and '' Mi-Mi, the Lazy Kitten'' from China. Actor

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, a star of '' The Wizard of Oz'', served as narrator for some of the episodes during the show's 1980s run.

Films

Following is a partial list of films aired on the program:The CBS Children's Film Festival
at Tripod.com *'' Adventure in Golden Bay'' - Czech, 1956 *''

Adventure in the Hopfields ''Adventure in the Hopfields'' is a 1954 British children's film directed by John Guillermin and starring Mandy Miller. It was made for the Children's Film Foundation. Location filming took place in and around Goudhurst in Kent. Plot After acci ...

'' - British, 1954 *'' Angel and Big Joe'' - American, 1975 *''

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'' - British, 1972 *'' Bag on Bag'' - Soviet, 1974 *'' A Bird of Africa'' - Japanese, 1975 *'' Birds Come Flying To Us'' - Bulgarian, 1971 *'' Black Mountain'' - Soviet, 1970 *'' The Blind Bird'' - Soviet, 1963 *'' The Boy and the Airplane'' - French, 1965 *''

The Boy Who Owned a Melephant ''The Boy Who Owned a Melephant'' is a 1959 American short film directed by Saul Swimmer and featuring Tallulah Bankhead as narrator. Plot After seeing his first circus, young Johnnie ( Brockman Seawell) asks for an elephant to keep as a pet. To ...

'' - American, 1959 *'' The Boy Who Wore Spectacles'' - Soviet, ? *'' The Boy With Glasses'' - Japanese, 1962 *'' Bunnie'' - Polish, 1973 *'' The Camerons'' - Australian, 1974 *'' Captain Korda'' - Czech, 1970 *'' Captain Mikula, the Kid'' - Yugoslavian, 1974 *'' Carole, I Love You'' - French, 1971 *'' Charlie the Rascal'' - Swedish, 1972 *'' Chimpmates'' - British, 1976 *'' The Chiffy Kids'' - British, 1976 *'' Circus Adventure'' - Dutch, 1972 *''

Circus Angel ''Circus Angel'' (french: Fifi la plume) is a 1965 French fantasy film directed and produced by Albert Lamorisse. Plot A burglar joins the circus to escape the police. Yet, he continues his thefts during his off-hours and gets involved in the pro ...

'' - French, 1965 *''

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'' - Spanish, 1969 *''

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'' - Canadian, 1972 *'' Countdown to Danger'' - British, 1967 *'' Cry Wolf'' - British, 1968 *''

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'' - British, 1971 *'' Death of a Gandy Dancer'' - Canadian, 1977 *''

'' - British, 1973 *'' Doggie and Three'' - Czech, 1955 *'' Egghead's Robot'' - British, 1970 *'' Elephant River'' - Ceylon, 1956 *'' Felipa: North of the Border'' - American, 1971 *'' The Firefighters'' - British, 1975 *'' Flash the Sheepdog'' - British, 1966 *'' Fly Away Dove'' - American, 1982 *'' The Flying Sorcerer'' - British, 1973 *'' For Boys Only Is For Girls, Also'' - Czech, 1964 *'' A Friend'' - Italian, 1967 *'' Friend or Foe'' - British, 1969 *'' Friends for Life'' - Soviet, 1971 *''

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'' - Soviet, 1962 *'' Geronimo Jones'' - American, 1970 *'' Get Used to Me'' - American, 1976 *'' Ghost of a Chance'' - British, 1968 *'' The Giant Eel'' - Czech, 1971 *'' Glamador'' - French, 1955 *'' The Goalkeeper Also Lives on Our Street'' - Czech, 1957 *'' The Golden Fish'' - French, 1959 *'' Gosha the Bear'' - Soviet, 1971 *'' Hand in Hand'' - British, 1960 *'' Headline Hunters'' - British, 1967 *''

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'' - German/Austrian, 1965 *''J.T.'' (1969)''CBS Children's Hour: J.T.''
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'' - American, 1978 *''

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'' - British, 1954 *'' The Johnstown Monster'' - British, 1971 *'' Jumping Over Puddles'' - Czech, 1970 *'' The Legend of John Henry'' - American, 1974 *'' The Legend of Paul Bunyan'' - American, 1973 *'' Lionheart'' - British, 1968 *'' The Little Bearkeepers'' - Czech, 1957 *''

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'' - British, 1965 *'' Little Pig'' - Hong Kong, 1976 *'' The Little Wooden Horse'' - French, 1966 *''

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'' - Yugoslavian, 1972 *'' Lost in Pajamas'' - Czech, 1966 *'' Lucy and the Miracles'' - Czech, 1970 *'' The Magnificent 6-1/2'' - British, 1967 *'' Mauro the Gypsy'' - British, 1972 *'' Me and You, Kangaroo'' - Australian, 1974 *'' A Member of the Family'' - British, 1971 *'' Miguel's Navidad'' - Mexico, 1976 *'' Miguel: Up From Puerto Rico'' - American, 1970 *''

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'' - British, 1968 *'' Mr. Horatio Knibbles'' - British, 1971 *'' My Father, Sun-Sun Johnson'' - Jamaican, 1976 *''

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'' - American, 1975 *'' Nikkolina'' - Canadian, 1977 *'' Nina and the Street Kids'' - Swedish, 1974 *'' Nunu and the Zebra'' - South African, 1973 *'' On Snow White'' - Czech, 1972 *'' The Orange Watering Cart'' - Hungarian, ?1973 *'' Paddle to the Sea'' - Canadian, 1966 *'' Paganini Strikes Again'' - British, 1974 *'' Pero and His Companions'' - Yugoslavia, 1970 *'' The Promise'' - American, 1977 *''

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'' - Soviet, 1963 *''

'' - French, 1956 *''

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'' - British, 1969 *'' A Seafaring Dog'' - Soviet, 1973 *'' The Secret'' - American, 1977 *''

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'' - German, 1937 *'' Shok and Sher'' - Soviet, ? *'' Shopping Bag Lady'' - American, 1975 *''

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'' - Soviet, ? *'' Six Bears and a Clown'' - Czech, 1972 *''

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'' - Czech, 1974 *'' Skinny and Fatty'' - Japanese, 1959 *''

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'' - Canadian, ? *''

Stowaway in the Sky ''Stowaway in the Sky'' (French: ''Le Voyage en ballon'') is a 1960 French family adventure film, in Dyaliscope and Eastman Color, directed by Albert Lamorisse. Albert Lamorisse used his ten-year-old son Pascal as the main character in the film. ...

'' - French, 1959 *'' Strange Holiday'' - Australian, 1969 *'' That's My Name, Don't Wear it Out'' - British, ? *''

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'' - Czech, 1973 *''

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'' - French, ? *'' Ticko'' - Swedish, ? *''

Tiko and the Shark ''Tiko and the Shark'' ( it, Ti-Koyo e il suo pescecane) is a 1962 film directed by Folco Quilici and based on a novel ''Ti-Coyo and His Shark'' by Clement Richer. An international co-production of France and Italy, the film's plot follows the fri ...

'' - Italian/French, 1965 *'' Tjorven, Batsman, and Moses'' - Swedish, 1964 *'' Tony and the Tick-Tock Dragon'' - Hungarian, ? *'' Turniphead'' - Italian, 1965 *'' Tymancha's Friend'' - Soviet, 1970 *'' Up in the Air'' - British, 1969 *'' The Violin'' - Canadian, 1974 *''

What Next? ''What Next?'' is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Forde, Pauline Johnson and Frank Stanmore. It was made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. There is a copy held at the BFI archive. Premise A ma ...

'' - British, 1974 *'' Where's Johnny?'' - British, 1974 *''

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'' - French, 1952 *'' Winter of the Witch'' - British, 1969 *'' The Yellow Slippers'' - Polish, 1961

References

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''CBS Children's Film Festival'' film listings
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