CBS Children's Film Festival is a television series of live action films from several countries that were made for children. Originally a sporadic series airing on Saturday mornings, Sunday afternoons, or weekday afternoons during the summer from 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 Kukla, Fran and Ollie, aka puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and actress Fran Allison.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie were dropped from the series in 1977 and the program was renamed CBS Saturday Film Festival. In 1978 CBS canceled the show in favor of the youth targeted magazine 30 Minutes which was modeled after its adult sister show 60 Minutes. 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 Roman Catholic boy and the other a Jewish girl.
In addition to many American and British films, the series also featured motion pictures from Russia, France, Bulgaria, Japan, Sweden, Italy, China, Australia, South Africa, and Czechoslovakia as well as several other countries.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1967 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | 1967-02-05 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 1 | Jumping Over Puddles | 1973-09-08 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 2 | Lucy and the Miracles | 1973-09-15 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 3 | The Lone Wolf | 1973-09-22 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 4 | Gosha the Bear | 1973-09-29 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 5 | Birds Come Flying to Us | 1973-10-06 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 6 | Countdown to Danger | 1973-11-03 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 7 | Black Mountain | 1973-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 1973 | Episode 8 | The Magnificent Six and a Half | 1973-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 1 | Six Bears and a Clown | 1974-01-19 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 2 | Friends for Life | 1974-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 3 | The Giant Eel | 1974-03-09 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 4 | Three Nuts for Cinderella | 1974-09-07 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 5 | Paganini Strikes Again | 1974-09-14 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 6 | Shok and Sher | 1974-09-21 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 7 | Bunnie | 1974-09-28 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 8 | Anoop and the Elephant | 1974-10-05 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 9 | The Orange Watering Cart | 1974-10-12 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 10 | Circus Adventure | 1974-10-26 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 11 | The Boy Who Wore Spectacles | 1974-11-02 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 12 | Mauro the Gypsy | 1974-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 1974 | Episode 13 | A Member of the Family | 1974-11-30 | 60 min |
Season 1978 | Episode 1 | That's My Name, Don't Wear It Out | 1978-02-04 | 60 min |
Season 1978 | Episode 2 | Soapbox Derby | 1978-03-04 | 60 min |
Season 1978 | Episode 3 | Joey | 1978-04-22 | 60 min |