Merry Christmas 2016 - Vintage Ad For Coloring

Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Everyone!!! Here is a vintage sales ad topper from a 1961 newspaper. Print it and color it in for fun.

This Month In Children's Media : December 2016 (Part II)

50th Anniversary edition VHS from Republic Home Video

A 1985 Home Video Release from Hal Roach Studios

December 20, 1946 - It's A Wonderful Life hits theaters

While it thought of more as a family film in general, It's A Wonderful Life tells the story of a man with 4 children, who come to regret his life, and is reminded of the significance of it by his guardian angel, who also watched his life from the time he was a boy. Plus younger viewers tend to like this one too.

Cover of Chicago Tribune's TV Week, December 17, 1966

December 18, 1966 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas premieres on CBS

A little disappointed that there wasn't a special feature for the the 50th anniversary of the Grinch (like the one for last year's ABC special for A Charlie Brown Christmas). Oh well, there are still fond memories of the 30 anniversary special that premiered on TNT in 1996.

Motion Picture Herald, November 24, 1934
From the Media History Digital Library

 

Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, December 10, 1961. This comic strip sometimes illustrated the latest Disney film, even beginning a run before a theatrical premiere.

Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) (1934)

Babes in Toyland (Disney, 1961)

Not sure if it is just a coincidence but the two most famous film versions of Victor Herbert's operetta "Babes in Toyland" debuted on the same day (December 14) decades apart. Personally I prefer the Laurel and Hardy version, colorized or in black and white, but both are charming and have been shown on television (more infrequently in recent years) for decades. Recent generations were reintroduced at times to both films through cable presentations on WGN and Disney Channel. This blogger recalls the days in the late 1990s and early 2000s when both were shown at Christmas time on the WGN Superstation.

Babes in Toyland (1934 version) was retitled "March of the Wooden Soldiers" for re-release in 1949, and it was this version that began to appear on television around 1954. Disney's Babes in Toyland premiered on television as a two part episode of the Wonderful World of Disney on December 21 & December 28, 1969.

Christmas Past: The 1980s

Here are some treasures from my collections of film/tv related books & vhs tapes. Hopefully they will stir some fond memories. 

Robinson, Barbara, and Judith Gwyn Brown. 1973. The Best Christmas pageant ever. New York: Avon.

While this famous Christmas story was first published in 1972, the ABC TV Special starring Loretta Swit premiered in 1983. See the VHS cover below.

Swit, Loretta, and Barbara Robinson. 1986. The Best Christmas pageant ever. [U.S.]: Regency Home Video.

Hanna-Barbera Productions. 1987. The Nativity. New York, N.Y.: Hanna-Barbera Productions.

By many accounts Hanna & Barbera (William & Joseph) felt that their Bible series was the best thing they ever did.

Heckman, Don, and Bob Forward. 1989. He-Man She-Ra: a Christmas special. Charlotte, N.C.: United American Video.

This cartoon adventure usually makes the list of the strangest Christmas specials ever made.

Oliver, Mary. 1985. The legend of Santa Claus: Santa Claus, the movie. [Place of publication not identified]: McDonalds.

This film didn't catch on quite as well as "The Santa Clause" nearly a decade later. Does McDonalds still publish books?

This Month In Children's Media : December 2016 (Part I)

For the Christmas season let's start off with a few quarterly anniversaries of vintage children's media. For Part II, I will add many more classic films, radio programs, and television specials from the month of December.

25 Years Ago

The Wish That Changed Christmas, VHS Cover. From Christmas Specials Wiki

December 20, 1991 - McDonald's beloved Christmas special "The Wish That Changed Christmas" debuts on CBS. Based on the children's book The Holly and The Ivy the special was created to inspire children to have a love of reading. Being sponsored by McDonalds led to a minor controversy over who should sponsor certain children's programming. This special has not aired on television since an ABC repeat in 1993 (?). Never released on DVD, the VHS is still available at some websites like Amazon.

50 Years Ago 

Chicago Tribune, December 16, 1966 - This edition is especially sad as Disney was
 born in the Hermosa community of Chicago. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/12/16/ 

December 15, 1966 - Walt Disney dies from complications of lung cancer, ten days after his 65th birthday. Production of "The Jungle Book" (1967) would have to continue without him and Sundays nights on television weren't quite the same again.

December 18, 1966 - The popular animated special How the Grinch Stole Christmas premieres on CBS. Horror legend Boris Karloff is the Grinch and the narrator. He would win a Grammy two years later for Best Children's Album from a reading of The Grinch.

75 Years Ago

Cover to Radio Life, November 30, 1941. From American Radio History.
For the complete magazine as a PDF 

December 5 - 26, 1941 - Shirley Temple Time For Elgin (or Shirley Temple Time) was a four episode Christmas season radio program which featured the worlds most famous child star in her first regular radio series. Two of the four episodes have survived and are widely available as downloads or CDs. Each episode paired Temple with a popular Hollywood leading man. For the definitive guide to this series go to this page from the Digital Deli.

100 Years Ago!

Motion Picture Magazine, March 1917. http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturemag13moti#page/n247/mode/2up
From Media History Digital Library

December 25, 1916 - Snow White - The first film ever seen by Walt Disney - premieres in theaters. That this film left a lasting impression on the 15 year old Walt is a serious understatement. This adaption of the fairy tale was thought lost until a print was found in Amsterdam in 1992. For more information about the film visit this site from the San Francisco Film Festival.

It's Christmas Time and there will be much more coming up from this blog and my YouTube Channel this month.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Clip from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 22, 1936. Junior Eagle Section. 

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 24, 1935, From the  Junior Eagle section

This Month In Children's Media: November 2016 (Part II)

Here are more highlights from the month of November

100 Years Ago Today

José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008)

Image from Cartoon Research. http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-182/

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even Valentines Day wouldn't be the same without the wonderful Peanuts Productions by Lee Mendelson and the late Bill Melendez that have aired since 1965.

November 14, 1936

Robinson Crusoe on Clipper Island the fourth serial from the newly formed Republic Pictures is released to theaters.This Saturday matinee serial premiered (or was made available) 80 years ago today. Not necessarily the greatest serial, but fun at times, with spies, old fashioned dirigibles, an athletic hero, an island princess, loyal animals and lots of outdoor adventure. The first Republic Serial was "Darkest Africa" premiered February 15, 1936.  

November 23, 1968  

Birmingham Press, Saturday, November 23, 1968

From Rankin/Bass came the "Mouse on The Mayflower" which premiered on NBC, by Tennessee Ernie Ford. There many not have been that many Thanksgiving specials to speak of but it would be nice to see this one and others back on television again. There will be more from this blog about Thanksgiving media in the coming week.

This Month in Children's Media: November 2016 - Part I

I want to post more dates, but for now here are some notable premieres from the Golden Age of Television.

For reasons still unknown to the author November premieres seemed to cease after 1948.

November 1, 1948 - The TV version of Helen Parkhurst's "A Child's World" debuts on ABC-TV. Neither the radio or television version of this child's discussion series exists, but a book by Parkhurst is widely available in many academic libraries.

November 4, 1948 - The Adventures of Oky Doky, a children's adventures series about a puppet who gained extra strength in the nick of time from his "magic milk" premieres on the DuMont network. The program was later retitled "Oky Doky Ranch" in 1949 and ran until May 26, 1949

November 7, 1948 - Ireene Wicker, radio's famous "Singing Lady" debuts in a series over ABC television. Wicker appeared on television in character as early as 1939 and even earlier as an actress in 1939.

Radio and Television Mirror, June 1949

November 14, 1948 - Cartoon Teletales (above), a drawing/sketchpad storytelling series hosted and produced by brothers Chuck and Jack Luchsinger premieres on ABC. Jack was the narrator, while Chuck illustrated the stories. The series ran until September 24, 1950.

November 24, 1952 - The beloved "Miss Frances" and her "Ding Dong School" premiere over NBC and soon dominate the preschool audience.

November 29, 1948 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" premieres over NBC-TV

Lost (?) Children's Show : Unk and Andy

Unk and Andy (Unk and Andy ABC Art Adventures)
syndicated. 1950
Host, cartoonist and puppet voices:  Jack Kenaston

Image capture from the 2015 Ebay sale of composite prints for "Unk and Andy"

UPDATE: One episode of this series is now available on DVD! Please see this blog article "DVD Review - Primeval Puppets From Festive Films".

The Hook (or what makes this show interesting today): This may have been the first educational television series for children based on the alphabet, and one of the first to teach about animals.

Twenty-six letters, twenty-six 15 minute episodes, and twenty-six characters to teach about animal wildlife using each letter of the alphabet. The characters of this series ranged from Andy Auk to Zachary Zebra, each drawn by “Uncle Jack” Kenaston. The puppet Andy Auk, voiced by Kenaston, was Uncle Jack's co-host for each episode. The series was distributed by Calvacade Pictures, and produced by Jack Kenaston Productions which may have been based out of the artist’s home in California. It would be nice to know the names of the animals from B to Y. Also it is interesting to learn about a series from the pioneering age of television that used both a puppet and live drawing to engage young children.

According to the 1950 copyright record, this series was based on another work by Kenaston called "Uncle Jack's ABC Art Adventures". It is not stated whether this was a book, radio series or possibly and earlier television series.

Further examination of the 1951 copyright records reveal that Kenaston may have produced another series in 1951 called "Unk and Andy, Star Gazing With Professor Twink". It is described as a proposed series, 25 minutes each "to be used for sales purposes which features the adventures of Unk, the sketching skipper of the good ship Copy Cat, of Andy Auk, puppet First Mate, and of Professor Twink, puppet North Star." Based on that description this was probably a show designed to teach about astronomy or the solar system.

Jack Kenaston (1913 - 2002) was a University of Wisconsin graduate and WWII veteran who began a long career in West Coast television beginning in 1946.

Survival Status: Unknown. Some composite prints of the series were sold by an Ebay dealer in June 2015. If you were the purchaser of those prints or know of where more can be obtained please respond to this post in the comment sections.

For more information about Jack Kenaston and "Unk and Andy":

Obituary for Jack Kenaston - Los Angeles Times

Terrace, Vincent. 2011. Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=800716.

Woolery, George W. 1983. Children's television, the first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.

From The Archives: "Based On The TV Program" (1950s)

Here are scans of book covers from 50's era television programs. Chicago style citations are in the captions.

Schroeder, Doris. 1955. Annie Oakley in danger at Diablo. Racine, Wis: Whitman Pub. Co.

Annie Oakley (1954 1957) was one of the best "kiddie" westerns from the 1950s. In the series the fictional Annie (Gail Davis) lived in the town of Diablo with her kid brother Tagg (Jimmy Hawkins It's A Wonderful Life).

Jason, Leon. ill. Ruhman, Ruth. 1957. Jingle dingle book.  New York, NY. Wonder Books.

Jingle Dingle was a jolly character created by New York artist Leon Jason to be their weatherman for local TV stations. For information on local kids TV characters like Jingle Dingle there is still no better source than Tim Hollis's Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows

Fisher, Lois J., and Karl Murr. 1951. Lois and Looie; inside a TV show. Chicago: Children's Press.

Lois Jeanette Fisher (1907? - 1988) was an accomplished cartoonist, teacher and writer by the time she hosted Lois and Looie for WENR-TV in Chicago. She told and illustrated the adventures of herself, a boy named Looie, a puppy named Poco and the horse Starbaby. She had previously hosted Trace-A-Pix for WPIX in New York and an early experimental interactive video series in Chicago around 1945. There will much more about her in future posts. 

Children's television magazine, July 1952. Haverford, Pa. Charles L. Shaffer, Inc.

Above a below are the cover and a spread page from Children's Television Magazine. According to the 1953 Catalog of Copyright Entries, this may have been the only issue of this magazine ever published. The funny looking puppet on the cover is Willie the Worm from "Junior Hi-Jinx with Willie" or simply Junior Hi-Jinx a CBS-TV children's program. For more about this series I will share this link to a page in Wesley Hyatt's amazing book Short Lived Television Programs, 1948-1978. 

Children's television magazine, July 1952. Haverford, Pa. Charles L. Shaffer, Inc.

There are so many stories about how amazed children were that the Princess from Howdy Doody (1947-1960) became a dancing singing human being. Were you one of them?

Lessons From Miss Frances and Ding Dong School

I like referring to early instructional television shows (as primitive as they can seem) because it is my long held theory, that the techniques of these broadcasting pioneers can be replicated today for digital media. Many teachers, parents, ministers, instructional designers and digital storytellers today do not have any more resources than the early educators and personalities from the pioneering age of television did (before the 1960's). Many digital videos today are made in one room with little or no budget, sometimes only one or two people editing, providing narration and creating the visuals. Of course our advantage is all the digital technology in the place of large bulky cameras and control rooms.

One of the first nationally broadcast programs for preschoolers was Ding Dong School hosted by Dr. Frances Horwich of Columbia University, or "Miss Frances" to the little ones. The NBC series, which originally ran from 1952 to 1956 was praised by almost every education and parenting organization imaginable, and reportedly held 96% of TV's preschool audience. Horwich was reportedly the first children's host to talk directly to children via the camera to create an engaging feedback response (like Blue's Clues or Super Why...."Where is the clue?" "Do you know what today is?").

Using a one-room set for an instructional video

In this video, Miss Frances was filmed in a one room set with one camera zooming in and out, and the props, toys and sponsors products had to be inserted in the frame gradually when needed. I believe that this is an early example of how a digital storyteller could manipulate objects in a single space or a single camera frame to tell a story or to offer instruction. Many of us are used to instructors filming themselves with one camera for teaching but maybe not to show an experiment, demonstrate a toy, or even to read a book. Dr. Horwich demonstrates bubble-blowing, dolls, tells a story and talks to parents in a single space in a half-hour.

If anyone watches this entire clip, (especially those of you who want to make instructional stories) send me a message or respond to this blog and tell me if you think this could work today, or any other thoughts you may have on this idea.


Sources

Samuels, R. (n.d.). Ding Dong School. Retrieved September 27, 2014, from http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/dds.html

Woolery, G. (1985). Children's television: The first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. Pt.2, , Live, film, and tape series. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow.

This Month in Children's Media : October 2016

25 Years Ago 

October 11, 1991 - Jim Varney returns as Ernest P. Worrell, in the horror comedy Ernest Scared Stupid.

50 Years Ago

October 27, 1966 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time. He will probably still be getting rocks this year. With this second holiday special, the Peanuts gang would continuously appear in numerous award nominated/winning specials for decades.

Saturday Morning premieres

Last month I wasn't sure about the following two series below, but now know they premiered in October

October 15, 1966 - Animal Secrets (NBC, 1966 - 1967.) Educational series hosted by Dr. Loren Eisely, professor of anthropology and history at the University of Pennsylvania.

October 15, 1966 - The Smithsonian (NBC, 1966 - ?). This educational series took young viewers on archaeological finds as well interesting sight within the museum. For more information about this series read the front page article of this archived issue of The Smithsonian Torch. If the Smithsonian can tweet and publish articles about the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, then hopefully they will remember this series as well.

75 Years Ago

October 4, 1941, - The Republic serial King of The Texas Rangers premieres (this is actually the date the 6th chapter was made available). The serial starred Washington Redskins player "Slinging Sammy" Baugh.

October 14, 1941 - Sea Raiders, 2nd of the trilogy of serials featuring the Dead Kids and Little Tough Guys. Apparently they were fighting the Nazis before the United States government.

Showmen's Trade Review, November 1, 1941

October 23, 1941 - Dumbo, Walt Disney's fourth animated film debuts.

100 Years Ago

Motion Picture News, December 1916

October 2, 1916 - The lost silent serial The Scarlet Runner premieres. Not really sure if this serial had mass appeal to young audiences, but the character played by Earle Williams may have been the first hero with a distinct car for adventure (the Scarlet Runner.....The Black Beauty....The Batmobile..)

Ad for "The Scarlet Runner". Motion Picture News, November 1916.

From The Archives: Little Women (1949) Dell Paperback & Switch 'n' Go Mattel Ad

Front and back cover for Dell paperback adaptation of Little Women (1949). 

I have heard that this 1949 version of Louisa May Alcott's story is not as good as the 1933 version with Katherine Hepburn, or the 1994 version with Wynnona Rider, but a film with a young Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret O'Brien had to be entertaining.

Ad for Mattel Switch 'N' Go. From Jack And Jill magazine, July 1966.

Does anyone remember seeing a TV commercial for this toy while watching Saturday Morning cartoons or a local kids show 50 years ago. Maybe even during one of the cartoon series that will turn 50 on Saturday.

This Month in Children's Media: September 2016

I will try to have this feature on the first of each month. It has been said that people cannot resist celebrating any anniversary divisible by the number 25. This December is especially going to be fun with the 50th anniversary of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" (TV Special), and the 100th anniversary of "Snow White" (1916) (the first film Disney saw as a boy), and many more.

This is my first post with this theme so please forgive the lack of video,s links or images to go with the facts. By all means there are too many anniversaries to acknowledge, so don't be upset if there is a great book, program or film missing.

Also I hope to have a follow up article on these events throughout the month.

25 Years Ago 

September 20, 1991 - Step by Step was added to the TGIF line up.

September 30, 1991 - The popular PBS Game Show "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego" premiered.

50 Years Ago

1966 is sometimes regarded as the single coolest year in television history. It was the year that all programming transitioned to color, and several iconic programs premiered or were on the air at the same time (Batman, Star Trek, Gillian's Island, Get Smart, I Spy, Addams Family, a long long, long, long ongoing list).

It was also the ultimate year that children's Saturday morning programming was almost completely animation (no more reruns of B&W series like Lassie, or Sky King, and Captain Kangaroo left Saturdays), and controversy would grow over the new action adventure series, especially in 1967 (Spider-Man, Dino Boy, ...), plus the advertising and the quality of children's television.

Yonkers NY Herald Statesman, September 2nd, 1966

September 9, 1966 - Radio, comic book and Saturday Matinee vigilante The Green Hornet transitioned to television for one (memorable) season.

September 12, 1966 - Family Affair premieres on CBS

Saturday Morning premieres

September 10, 1966 - Yes, all of these shows debuted on the same day!
(ABC)
 King Kong Show

(CBS)
New Adventures of Superman - Bud Collyer was back as the Man of Steel. (See 75 years ago below).
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
The Lone Ranger (Halas & Batchelor) - It is interesting that radio's most famous hero and icon for boys and girls was played in animated form by radio veterans.  Micheal Rye in this version and in the 1980s version it would be radio's Marshall Dillon, William Conrad. Speaking of radio, the last original Lone Ranger radio drama aired 60 years ago in 1956.

(NBC)
Space Kiddettes
Super-Six
Cool McCool - Bob Kane's spy spoof.

Exact date unknown -
Animal Secrets (NBC, 1966 - 1968) Educational series hosted by Dr. Loren Eisely, professor of anthropology and history at the University of Pennsylvanina.

The Smithsonian (NBC, 1966 - ?)

75 Years Ago

September 5, 1941 - Reg'lar Fellers, the live action film based on the comic strip by Gene Brynes starring Billy Lee as Pinhead Duffy and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as Bump Hudson. Also an Ub Iwerks animated short Happy Days premiered 80 years ago on September 30, 1936.

Showman's Trade Review - September 28, 1940. Ad for the series a full year earlier.

September 26, 1941 - Max Fleischer's first Superman cartoon hits theaters, the first animated comic book superhero film ever made, just 6 months after the live-action "Captain Marvel" serial. The cast of the Superman radio program do the honors: Clayton "Bud" Collyer (Superman/Clark Kent), Joan Alexander (Lois Lane), Julian Noa (Perry White). Moving from comics, to comic strips, then on radio, in merchandise, the 1939 World's Fair, and then theatrical cartoons further showed the mass market appeal and success of the "superhero" concept.

16 more Technicolor adventures with the Man of Steel would follow. DC (National) Comics failed to renew the copyright for the series in the 1960s and they have been in the public domain ever since. From local kiddie TV hosts to bargain VHS & DVDs, children have been reintroduced to this series over and over again. Just how many superhero cartoons have there been over the last 75 years?

Lost Classic Film : Perils Of The Wild (1925) - The Silent Version of "Swiss Family Robinson"

Full page add for "Perils of the Wild" (1925) from Motion Picture News, September 19, 1925.
From the Media History Digital Library.

Perils of the Wild. (1925, August 27). 15 chapter serial. Director: Francis Ford.
Screenplay: Isadore Bernstein & William Lord Wright. Based on the story by Johann David Wyss

Joe Bonomo as Frederick Robinson.
Margaret Quimby as Emily Montrose
Jack Mower as Sir Charles Leicester
Alfred Allen as Captain William Robinson
Eva Gordon as Frau Mitilla Robinson
Jack Murphy as Jack Robinson
Howard Enstedt as Ernest Robinson
Francis Irwin as Francis Robinson
William Dyer as Black John
Albert Prisco as Tonie
Fanny Warren as Bonita (as Fannie Warren)
John Wallace as Pirate
James Welsh as Pirate
Philip Ford as Pirate (as Phil Ford)
Sammy Gervon as Pirate
Boris Karloff (unknown)


This silent-era adventure serial that starred strongman, actor, and stuntman Joe Bonomo (1901 - 1978) was the first live-action adaptation of Johann David Wyss's 1812 novel "The Swiss Family Robinson". The serial's widely given premiere date was August 27, 1925 - 91 years ago today; although it may have been available as early as August 1, 1925.

By the mid 1920s the serials or "cliffhangers" were increasingly geared to younger audiences (especially boys) who flocked to movie houses each week to see the latest exciting chapter with leading actors Walter Miller, William Desmond, Ben F. Wilson and Eddie Polo. The idea of this famous story (a family shipwrecked on an unknown island) being serialized (told in chapters, with an exciting cliffhanger at the end) and starring one of the first great strongmen of the cinema sounds very appealing even after 90 years. "Perils Of The Wild" was one of six serials released by Universal Studios that year under the production label of "Adventure Pictures" or the "Lucky 6 Adventure Serials".

A page from Joe Bonomo's autobiography, "The Strongman" with stills from "Perils of The Wild", the first screen version of Johann Wyss' novel "The Swiss Family Robinson". Bonomo played Frederick Robinson.

Like most silent serials "Perils Of The Wild" hasn't been seen since its original run. Reviews of the serial by two theater owners suggest that it may have been a "fairly good serial", but some audiences may not have been so receptive to a non-western serial or one from a non-contemporary setting. As a serial from Universal Pictures, the last known existing prints were most likely scrapped around 1948, when the studio began to become more prominent and many of its silent films were discarded. Many sources claim anywhere from 75 to 90% of films made during the silent era are lost. The closest one can come to seeing this film today is to check out Bonomo's autobiography Strongman: A True Life Pictorial Autobiography of the Hercules of the Screen, which includes several photos, chapter summaries and behind the scenes stories of the production. It is not impossible that a print of this serial, if only one reel, may surface again one day.

Chapter Titles:

1. The Hurricane
2. The Lion's Fangs
3. The Flaming Jungle
4. The Treasure Cave
5. Saved by the Sun
6. The Jungle Trail
7. Pirate Peril
8. Winds of Fate
9. Rock of Revenge
10. The Rescue
11. The Stolen Wedding
12. Marooned
13. Prisoners of the Sea
14. The Leopard's Lair
15. In the Nick of Time

"The Swiss Family Robinson" has fascinated audiences through movies and television for over 90 years. Which version of the story are you most familiar with?


Motion Pictures
Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

Television Series
Lost in Space (1965)
Swiss Family Robinson (1974)
Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (1981 Japanese anime)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) - TV movie

Brainstorm*
What other classic adventure story could be retold as an exciting serialized story with suspenseful cliffhanger endings?

Welcome to Children's Media Archive

The Children's Media Archive blog and channel is a resource for parents, teachers, ministers, and media lovers to view and learn about films, radio programs, television programs and other forms of audio-visual media produced mainly between 1910 - 1990 that were consumed by or produced for children, adolescents and teenagers.

Entertainment and educational media alike can be seen here with respect to copyright and f
air use. The channel is maintained by archivebuilder, a researcher and finder of children's media.

More posts and added features will be coming soon. I hope to add more Mel-O-Toons, commercials, educational films, and old time radio programs. In the meantime please enjoy some of my uploaded videos