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The Night Before Christmas

1968

The Night Before Christmas

1968
4.8
Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.
Chimp & Zee

1968

Chimp & Zee

1968
4.3
A hunter goes into the jungle to capture a rare blue-tailed simian. That's when he sees Chimp, who happens to be the blue-tailed creature he's hunting for...
Walking

1968

Walking

1968
6.3
A cinematic portrait of people walking in their individual ways.
Why Man Creates

1968

Why Man Creates

1968
6.6
A 1968 animation/documentary that criticises the industrial system. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Thunderbird 6

1968

Thunderbird 6

1968
5.7
The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx, Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from on-board, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing.
Exclamation Mark

1968

Exclamation Mark

1968
5
An animation with a philosophical undertone. The absurdity of human effort, whose final result does not match the actions taken.
The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968

The Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

1968
4.9
Two artists create grotesque characters; Two-dimensional drawings which somehow have a life of their own, that exist in the same space as real objects. The film seems to ask, "Isn't every filmmaking venture a series of repeated, once-negative images displayed alongside the real world?"
Mad Monster Party?

1967

Mad Monster Party?

1967
6.6
When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!
The Story of Hong Gil-dong

1967

The Story of Hong Gil-dong

1967
5
The illegitimate son of a nobleman, banished from his family due to the predictions of a fake prophecy, witnesses firsthand the injustices of society. Along with his sidekick, Chadol Bawi, he defeats a corrupt magistrate and returns stolen money to the poor. But when the magistrate brings in more forces, Hong Gil-dong must retreat to the mountains and train under a wise wizard. His sanity is put to the test through vigorous training, but years later he emerges to rally the local rebels in an attempt to unseat the corrupt aristocrats. However, with the magistrate having grown even more powerful, will Hong Gil-dong and his band of merry men be able to save his father and all of Korea?
The Daydreamer

1966

The Daydreamer

1966
4.6
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Alice of Wonderland in Paris

1966

Alice of Wonderland in Paris

1966
4.8
Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole," "Madeline and the Bad Hat," "The Frowning Prince," "Many Moons," and "Madeline and the Gypsies."
Alexander the Grape

1965

Alexander the Grape

1965
6
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.
Flatland

1965

Flatland

1965
6.3
A short, animated film based on Edwin Abbott's 1884 satirical novella, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

1965
5.9
The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Crow, and Ted's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.
The Snowy Day

1965

The Snowy Day

1965
A small boy's enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains - and looking forward to going outside again.
Whistle for Willie

1965

Whistle for Willie

1965
For Peter, learning to whistle means being able to call his dog, Willie, and being a bit closer to those two magic words: grown-up.
Christmas Cracker

1963

Christmas Cracker

1963
7
Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top his Christmas tree.
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962
6.2
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
My Financial Career

1962

My Financial Career

1962
6.7
A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank.
The Frog Prince

1961

The Frog Prince

1961
6.5
A princess's ball falls into a well and is rescued by a frog but she has to make a promise before he gives it back.