Children's Film Foundation filmography

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This article is a list of films produced, distributed or sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation.

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Films

TitleDateDirectorNotesSource
4D Special Agents 1981 Harold Orton [1]
Adventure in the Hopfields 1954 John Guillermin [2]
The Adventures of Hal 5 1958 Don Sharp [2]
The Adventures of Rex 1959 Leonard Reeve 5-part serial [2]
Ali and the Camel 1961 Henry Geddes 8-part serial [2]
All at Sea 1970 Kenneth Fairbairn [2]
Ambush at Devil's Gap 1966 David Eastman 6-part serial [2]
Anoop and the Elephant 1972 David Eady [2]
Avalanche 1974 Frederic Goode [2]
The Battle of Billy's Pond 1976
Beware of the Dog1963
The Big Catch1968
Big Wheels and Sailor1979
Black in the Face1955
Black Island 1979
Blind Mans Buff 1978
Blinker's Spy Spotter1972
Blow Your Own Trumpet1959
The Boy Who Turned Yellow 1972 Michael Powell
The Boy with Two heads1974Serial
Breakout1983
Bungala Boys 1961
Bush Christmas 1947
Calamity the Cow 1967
The Camerons1974
The Carrington School Mystery1958Serial
The Cat Gang 1958
Caught in the Net1960
The Chiffy Kids1978Serial
Chimpmates1978Serial
The Christmas Tree1966
Circus Friends1957
The Clue of the Missing Ape1953
The Copter Kids1976
Countdown to Danger 1967
Crime Doesn't Pay1970
Cry Wolf 1968
Cup Fever 1965David Bracknell
Danger on Dartmoor 1980 David Eady
Danger Point!1971
Danny the Dragon1967Serial
Davy Jones' Locker1965
The Dawn Killer1959Serial
Daylight Robbery1964
Deep Waters1978
The Dog and the Diamonds1953
Don't Make Me Laugh1970
Dressura1970
Eagle Rock1964
Echo of The Badlands1976
Egghead's Robot1970
Electric Eskimo1979
Escape from the Sea1968
Fern the Red Deer1976
A Film For Maria1961
The Firefighters1975
Five Clues to Fortune1957Serial
Five Have a Mystery to Solve 1964Serial
Five O'Clock Finish1954
Five on a Treasure Island 1957Serial
Five Survive1971
Flash the Sheep Dog1966
The Flood1963
The Flying Eye1955
The Flying Sorcerer1973
Forest Pony1972
Four Winds Island1961Serial
Friend or Foe1982
Gabrielle and the Doodleman1984
A Ghost of a Chance1967 [3]
The Ghost of Monk's Island1967Serial
The Glitterball 1977
Go Kart Go 1964
A Good Pull-up1953
The Great Pony Raid1968
Haunters of the Deep 1984 Andrew Bogle [4] [5]
Headline Hunters 1968
Heights of Danger1953
Hide and Seek 1972 David Eady [4] [6]
High Rise Donkey 1980 Michael Forlong
Hijack! 1975 Michael Forlong
A Hitch in Time 1978
A Horse Called Jester1979
The Hostages 1975 David Eady
Hoverbug1969
The Hunch1967
Hunted in Holland1960
I Had a Hippopotamus1972
John of the Fair 1952M. McCarthy [7]
Johnny on the Run 1953 Lewis Gilbert [7] [6]
The Johnstown Monster 1971 Olaf Pooley [7]
Junket 89 1970 Peter Plummer Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke, from Anna Scher Children's Theatre [8] [7]
Juno Helps Out 1953 William Hammond short film [7]
Kadoyng1972
The Kid from Canada1957 Kay Mander [9]
The Last Rhino1961
A Letter from...1951-1954
Lionheart 1968 Michael Forlong
The Magnificent Six and a Half 1968Serial
The Man from Nowhere 1974 James Hill Ronald Adam and Jennie Linden [10] [5]
Mardi and Monkey1953
Masters of Venus1962Serial
Mauro the Gypsy1972
The Mine and the Minotaur1980
Mischief1969
The Missing Note1961
Mr Horatio Knibbles1971
Mr Selkie1978
The Monster of Highgate Ponds1961 Alberto Cavalcanti
The Mystery in the Mine1959Serial
Mystery on Bird Island1954
Night Cargoes 1962 Ernest Morris 8-part serial [11]
Night Ferry 1976 David Eady [11] [12]
Nosey Dobson 1976 Michael Alexander [11]
On the Run 1968 Pat Jackson [13]
One Hour to Zero 1976 Jeremy Summers [13]
One Wish Too Many 1956 John Durst [13]
Operation Third Form 1966 David Eady [13] [12]
Our Exploits At West Poley1985 [14]
Our Magazine1951-1956Newsreel
Out of the Darkness 1985 John Krish [13] [5]
Paganini Strikes Again1973
The Pergrine Hunters1978
Peril for the Guy1956
The Piper's Tune1962
Play Safe1978
Playground Express1955
Pop Pirates1984
Professor Popper's Problem 1974Serial
Professor Potter's Magic Potions1983Serial
Raiders of the River1956Serial
Raising the Roof 1972 Michael Forlong
Rangi's Catch 1972 Michael Forlong Serial
The Rescue Squad1963
River Rivals1967Serial
Robin Hood Junior1975Last major acting role for Keith Chegwin as the titular character
Rockets in the Dunes1960
Rover Makes Good1952
Runaway Railway1965
The Salvage Gang 1958 John Krish [15] [12]
Sammy's Super T-Shirt 1978 Jeremy Summers [15] [16]
Saturday Special1976
Scramble 1970 David Eady
Seal Island1972
The Secret Cave1953
The Secret of the Forest1956
Seventy Deadly Pills1964
The Ski Wheelers1971
Skid Kids1953
The Sky Bike 1967 Charles Frend [15] [16]
Sky Pirates1977
Smokey Joe's Revenge1974
The Soap Box Derby1958 [15] [16]
Son of the Sahara1966Serial
Stable Rivals1952
The Stolen Airliner 1955
The Stolen Plans1953
Summer Holiday1973
Supersonic Saucer1956S. G. Fergusson
Swift Water1952
Terry on the Fence 1985 Frank Godwin Adapted from a novel by Bernard Ashley [17] [6]
That's All We Need1971
That's An Order1955
They Found a Cave1962
Tightrope to Terror1983
Tim Driscoll's Donkey1955
Time Flies1971
To The Rescue1952
Toto and the Poachers1958
Treasure at the Mill1956
Treasure in Malta 19636-part serial
The Trouble with 2B 1972 Peter K. Smith 6-part serial, follow-on from Junket 89 above, [8] also Anna Scher Theatre [17]
The Troublesome Double1967
The Unbroken Arrow 1976Serial
Up the Creek1971
Up in the Air1969
Valley of the Kings1964Serial
Watch Out1953
What Next?1974
Where's Johnny?1974
Wings of Mystery1963
Wreck Raisers1972
The Young Detectives1963Serial
The Young Jacobites 1960Serial
The Zoo Robbery 1973 John Black and Matt McCarthy [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "CFTF Films Catalogue (A)" . Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  3. ↑ "A Ghost of a Chance". BFI Collections. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
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  6. 1 2 3 "Children's Film Foundation Collection Volume Five: Runaways". Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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  8. 1 2 Shail, Robert (2016). The Children's Film Foundation: History and Legacy. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781844578603 . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ↑ Easen, Sarah (23 February 2014). "Kay Mander obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "CFTF Films Catalogue (M)" . Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "CFTF Films Catalogue (O)" . Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  14. ↑ "Our Exploits at West Poley (1985)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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