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- DirectorRalph SmartStarsChips RaffertyJohn FernsideStan TolhurstIn Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsIvor BowyerJill GibbsMichael Caborn
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsIvor BowyerSuzanne GibbsStephen BourneThe Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.
- DirectorJacques B. BruniusRonald WeymanStarsFella EdmondsRichard MassinghamJacques B. BruniusThe villain steals a poodle but is caught after a chase.
- DirectorJames HillStarsMavis SageLance SecretanPeter Neil
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsHilda FenemoreBunny MayMavis Sage
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsPeter ButterworthJohn LevittHumphrey KentA handyman gets into trouble at a café.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsBarry MacGregorAnthony LangAngela MonkSwanky Clarke (Barry MacGregor) and his gang of chums take on a gang of bike thieves with the help of the local police.
- DirectorPeter BradfordStarsBasil ApplebyFreda BamfordWilfred DowningProduced by Howard Thomas for the British Pathe Documentary Unit in 1953. A big garage profiteer seeks to sabotage a British father and his children's chances of winning an Alpine motor car rally, the 500 pounds prize money from which would preserve their small and struggling garage business. From British Pathé's Classic Movie Collection.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsEugeniusz ChylekSydney TaflerMichael BalfourA superb early work by illustrious British director Lewis Gilbert (Alfie, You Only Live Twice) which follows orphaned Polish refugee Janek, who runs into trouble in the shape of two scheming thieves. Starring popular character actor Sydney Tafler (Carve Her Name with Pride, The Spy who Loved Me) as a cunning spiv, and featuring an appearance from John Laurie (The 39 Steps, Dad's Army), Johnny on the Run is an action-packed adventure with a remarkable performance from its young lead.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsKathleen HarrisonGeorge CoulourisGeoffrey SumnerA group of petless children secretly build a zoo behind an old manor, unaware it hides jewel thieves. The children find the crooks, then join forces with their animals to defeat them.
- DirectorJames HillStarsNati BandaRoy SavageGeorge ColeTwo youngsters round up crooks to blow up British fleet off Gibraltar.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsMandy MillerHilda FenemoreRussell WatersA little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.
- DirectorJohn HaggartyStarsMavis SageVernon MorrisJennifer BeechTwo children on holiday in Alderney, along with two local children catch men stealing bird eggs on the uninhabited island of Burhou but discover more than they bargained for.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsDavid CooteJohn KellyHugh LatimerOne Irish boys adventures with his beloved donkey.
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsDavid HannafordJulia LockwoodHarcourt WilliamsColonel Audacious is an inventor and with the help of his young assistant, Barnstuffer, he invents a model aeroplane with a TV camera attached that can then fly around revealing all sorts of goings on. After a few slapstick goofs the flying eye reveals the activities of a gang of spies.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsKit TerringtonJacqueline CoxBarry KnightA forester's two children, Knight and Day, become friends with two spoiled rich kids, Terrington and Cox, when the latter two come to the woods for a visit. The quartet gets involved with a gang of crooks when a valuable gold cup is stolen. The crooks then kidnap Terrington and Cox, but Knight and Day rescue them and help the cops nab the crooks. This was the first film directed by actor Conyers, who went on to make many other children's pictures and some good farces.
- DirectorJames HillStarsFrazer HinesMandy HarperChristopher WarbeyA group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
- DirectorJohn DurstStarsAnthony RichmondRosalind GourgeyJohn PikeA young boy finds a magic marble that grants him any wish he wants. One day he wishes for a giant steam-roller, and it starts to trash London.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsAlan ColeshillCarol WhiteDavid TilleyWhen Marlow's circus comes to town they find that the field they usually use is not available because they didn't pay the farmer last year. They have to promise most of their equipment to the farmer as surety and will only get it back if they do extra business this year. The circus children and their friends decide to help make this season a success.
- DirectorMax AndersonStarsJohn RuddockRichard PalmerHilda FenemoreA teenage boy goes in search of treasure at an old mill in the hope of solving all his mother's money worries.
- DirectorJoe MendozaStarsJohn RogersRoberta PatersonPeter GodsellA treasure has been hidden at Woburn Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. When the sale of the present-day estate is threatened three children find this treasure by means of five clues hidden in a deer's antler.
- DirectorGerald LandauStarsRel GrainerRichard PalmerGillian HarrisonAn Enid Blyton adventure about four young cousins on an island off the Dorset coast in England where a shipwreck attracts the attention of greedy men who might put our heroes in danger.
- DirectorBrian SaltStarsJohn AloisiMpiganoShabani Hamisi
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsGerald CaseEric CorrieDerek FreemanThe exciting adventures of five children who set out to vindicate a school friend wrongly accused of theft from the local museum.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsMichael CrawfordKeith DavisRoy TownsendChildren's drama. A children's gang in London called The Battersea Bats decide to build a car and enter it in a soapbox derby. A rival gang The Victoria Victors hear about the car and set out to steal it's plans.
- DirectorJûkichi UnoStarsYoshiro KataokaTomoko NaraokaShunkoku ShaTwo young Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, become unlikely friends.
- DirectorKay ManderStarsChristopher BradenBernard BradenBobby StevensonWhen a Canadian boy visits his cousins in Scotland, his attitude first causes antagonism with Scottish youngsters, then disappears when he helps an injured shepherd.
- DirectorJohn KrishStarsAli AllenMandy HarperFrazer HinesWhilst building a rabbit hutch, a group of children break Dad's saw. Needing to replace it, the children do odd jobs all across London.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsJohn Glyn-JonesJohn CharlesworthDavid MorrellA children's adventure. Hal V is a car owned (and loved) by the Hayward family and their children. Then a wicked garage owner tries to steal their beloved car to sell for lots of money, but the children are too quick for him and foil his wicked plots at every turn.
- DirectorDarrell CatlingStarsFrancesca AnnisJohn PikeJeremy BullochThe Cat Gang are a group of English children who like to hang around the local harbour even though the Customs Officers wish they'd go away. Then one day the gang spots somebody behaving very suspiciously and discover a gang of smugglers. Watch out for a very young Francesca Annis in her first screen role.
- DirectorLeonard ReeveStarsJohn PikeShirley Joy
- DirectorDonald TaylorStarsJeremy BullochSally BullochSuzan FarmerSheepdog Glen, accused of sheep killing on the Romney Marshes, is cleared by the efforts of his two youthful owners in time for the Sheepdog Trials.
- DirectorJames HillStarsIngrid CardonStewart GuidottiHoward GreeneJane and Tom set out on an adventure in which they must keep the corrupt Grimblatt from locating the K-13 fuel for his evil space mirror.
- DirectorWilliam C. HammondStarsChristopher WittyGena YatesHeather LyonsChildren who use a beach in Devon for racing sand yacht's discover the Army is taking over their beach for training. The children try to gather support from the local community to save their beach but first they must raise the money to hire the village hall to hold a public meeting. Meanwhile in the dunes the discovery of disused mines from the war complicate things.
- DirectorJohn HaggertyStarsJeremy BullochAnthony ParkerLarry BurnsBob Ketley is a young boy whose older brother is a research scientist working with fish. He helps catch criminals who are poaching salmon by dropping dynamite into the river.
- DirectorJohn ReeveStarsFrancesca AnnisJeremy BullochFrazer HinesTwo children on holiday on The Isle of Skye, Scotland, go back in time and help Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland to France.
- DirectorMichael BrandtStarsHeather BennettHennie ScottJohn Moulder-BrownThree children track their lost piano with one note missing through London.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsRachel ClayMichael WadeTerry RavenA group of children befriend a monster.
- DirectorDerek WilliamsStarsSean ScullyJacques VerbruggeSandra SpurrTim (Sean Scully) comes over to Amsterdam to visit his penfriend Piet (Jacques Verbrugge). An Englishman operating as a tourist guide is a diamond-smuggler and the boys along with Piet's sister Annike (Sandra Spurr), foil his plans in a boat chase.
- DirectorHenry GeddesStarsDavid EllisSusan Millar-SmithTom SamuelsA boy tries to save a wounded and out of control rhino from both his well-meaning game warden uncle and bloodthirsty Kenyan tribesmen.
- DirectorJim JeffreyStarsPeter CouldwellAlan DearthTerry BentleyA new surf club started on an Australian beach struggles through its infancy.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsMavis RansonRoberta ToveyAngela White
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsIan CurryWaveney LeePauline Letts
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsNorman WoolandMandy HarperRobin StewartA spaceship from Earth lands on the planet Venus, and encounters a race of beings that the crew begins to suspect are descended from the lost city of Atlantis.
- DirectorAndrew SteaneStarsBeryl MeekinMervyn WissBarbara ManningFour British orphans move to Tasmania to live with their aunty. Things take a turn when their aunt is hopitalised and they fall under the oppressive care of the foreman and housekeeper, Ma and Pa.
- DirectorGilbert GunnStarsJudy GeesonHennie ScottFrancesca BertorelliSheffield, England: someone in the steelworks is selling details of a new alloy to a foreign agent. The children lead to his capture with the help of a prize pigeon.
- DirectorColin BellStarsChristopher BrettShirley JoyMalcolm KnightSix children lose a toy plane in a high ruined tower.
- DirectorLothar Michael SchmittDerek WilliamsStarsMario DebonoAidan Mompalao de PiroMarylu CoppiniTom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archaeologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who make friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, and go to the villa where they overhear two crooks threatening their father. The crooks fool the police to whom the children have gone. They escape and make their way finally to Gozo to see their father's colleague where they all captured. Just before the statue is handed over Jiminy arrives with an army of children who rout the crooks and drive them into the arms of the police.
- DirectorJoze GaleStarsRusa BojcBlanka FlorjancVelimir GjurinTwo boys, Kekec and Rozle, come to serve a farmer, with a blind daughter Mojca, as shepherds. As the night falls, the two boys start talking about a woman who lives in the mountains and is supposed to steal children. Her name is Pehta. In the morning, Kekec, Rozle and Mojca go to an Alpine cottage and Kekec promises Mojca that he will find her a remedy for her eyes. As the girl is picking flowers, Pehta arrives and takes Mojca into her cottage. She wants to keep Mojca because of her singing. Pehta is a woman herbalist and she finds a rare flower in the mountain, from which she makes a remedy for Mojca's eyes. Kekec and Rozle start looking for Mojca and they find Pehta's cottage. Rozle is so frightened that he runs away, but brave Kekec climbs trough the thatched roof of Pehta's cottage and runs away with Mojca. Pehta sends her dog - Volk (Wolf) to hunt them down, but they manage to escape it. The timid Rozle tells at home that Pehta's dog probably ate Kekec and Mojca. Mojca's father and villagers start looking for them. Pehta's sees them coming, burns her cottage down and hides. Meanwhile, Kekec brings Mojca home and as she is telling her mother that Pehta has a cure for her blindness, Kekec runs out of the house and lets himself be caught by Pehta. She takes him into her cave and tells him that she would have cured Mojca if he didn't took her away. She keeps Kekec as a servant and tells Volk to watch him as she leaves to collect flowers. Kekec makes friends with Volk and starts searching the cave for the remedy. Pehta catches him in the act, beats her dog for not obeying her and shows to Kekec that she's carrying the bottle with the remedy around her neck. The villagers are looking for Kekec, Pehta hears them and Kekec tries to get the bottle, but she throws it in the abyss in anger. Kekec escapes from the cave and finds the bottle undamaged. Pehta sets her dog on him but Volk starts barking on her. Kekec returns to the cave, shows the bottle to Pehta and she tells him, how to use the remedy - just three drops in each eye. Kekec returns home with Volk, find Mojca sleeping and pours the remedy in her eyes. She wakes up and finds out that she can see. Kekec leaves the farm with his dog.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsGareth RobinsonLen JonesJohn RossA gang of children, "The Rockets" have their clubhouse (above an old garage) used by a pair of villains on the run. The villains have stolen a doctors car which had some deadly pills left in it. One of the children finds the pills and, thinking they are sweets, shares them out to the rest of the gang. The race is on for the police to find them all before the children eat any of the deadly pills.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsDennis WatermanJimmy CapehornFrazer HinesA group of youngsters have fun using their ingenuity to build their own go-kart - with the hope of eclipsing a rival children's gang, and beating them at the local race track.
- DirectorHenry GeddesStarsPip RollsTony PaulColin NealA young lad attempts to climb Eagle Rock by himself and learns the hard way that sometimes teamwork is the best way to do things.
- StarsCharles 'Bud' TingwellJane BarrettMaurice HedleyWhile trying to move into their new home, the Woodley family is deterred by a snarling Great Dane named Junia. The Woodleys finally move in, after young David Woodley gains the dog's trust with love and patience. Junia, who rather barks than bites, becomes David's best friend until Major Craddock arrives, claiming the dog is his. Therefore, David tries to hide with Junia, but both are found and David has to give her up. Meanwhile, Michael and Susie, who are David's new friends, are searching for a dog thief and suspect the Major. Are they on the right track?
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsDavid PalmerDarryl ReadMandy Harper(from the rear of the DVD cover) When the Famous Five are asked to look after Wilfred, a lonely orphan with a magical ability to communicate with animals, they have no idea of what exciting adventures lie in store. Wilfred is determined to investigate rumours of dastard deeds at a supposed animal 'sanctuary' on the mysterious Whispering Island. He sets off to investigate with four-footed Famous Five member Tim the dog, and the rest of the gang are not far behind. But will they be in time to save the day?
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsKenneth NashElizabeth WhiteJ. Peter GraeffeTwo children on vacation in Egypt with their archaeologist parents expose the villainy of Arab workmen and help their father find the treasure he seeks.
- DirectorMichael TrumanStarsTrudy MoorsJanet HanningtonKirk MartinThree children enter a big store and steal a battery. The three had intended to replace the battery but forget when they realize that they've been locked in. Eventually they get out through a skylight.
- DirectorDavid BracknellStarsBernard CribbinsSonia GrahamDermot KellyThe children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. However, Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with its manager Matt Busby.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsAnthony BateElizabeth BradleyStephen CraigA group of children on holiday in Malta join an aqua-lung diving class. One of them discovers a wreck, and disobeying instructions decides to investigate on his own, with near serious consequences.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsJohn Moulder-BrownKevin BennettLeonard BrockwellA group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men saying they are also enthusiasts. What the children don't know though is that these men are impostors and are really robbers who plan to rob the mail train. They find out the truth when a lorry is parked on the line. After a lengthy chase with the express train, Matilda ends up in London, crashing into buffers at the terminus and the children are pleased when the branch line and Matilda are reprieved. The two robbers are then arrested after hiding under coal in Matilda.
- DirectorSarah ErulkarStarsAlex NortonGordon RobbAmanda JonesA pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are marooned on the cruiser by accident and saved by a rival trawler skipper.
- DirectorJeremy SummersJan Darnley-SmithStarsPierre BedenesLucinda JacksonPeter BartlettFour young children are shipwrecked on an island but they are not alone.
- StarsSally ThomsettChristopher CooperJack WildGavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures.
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsLiam RedmondWilliam LucasEllen McIntoshThis Children's Film Foundation story is about Tom, a boy with his head in the clouds who wishes he could fly. But a chance encounter with a Mr Lovejoy at an abandoned airfield helps Tom realise his dream as the amateur inventor is out to build the first man powered flying machine - the Sky-Bike! Will the two of them get it off the ground? Or will they be beaten by an unscrupulous Squadron Leader who has plans of his own?
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsStephen BrownMark WardCheryl VidgenThree children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsEdward UnderdownMichael BrennanChristian ComberA group of children camping out in Devonshire try to prevent a gang of thieves from stealing all of the ponies from Dartmoor.
- DirectorJonathan IngramsStarsLeonard BrockwellSusan PayneStephen GarlickA bunch of kids help run the local newspaper after their father becomes ill. In the process they foil a robbery at a local factory, save a playground from unscrupulous property developers and win out over the rival newspaper across the street.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsGary SmithJon PertweeFelix FeltonVictorian children improvise a balloon to escape from their Dickensian boarding school.
- DirectorJan Darnley-SmithStarsJill RiddickJohn TrayhornFrancis AttardDick and Jenny Brewster hope to win a race for home-made Hoverbugs. They build their own Hoverbug but their rivals Charlie and Sidney bend the rules by enlisting professional help. The main trouble with the Brewster Hoverbug is that it keeps falling apart. until Dick and Jenny meet Mr Watts, a real inventor, who has developed an instant glue, Wattstick. But Wattstick proves to be only a temporary adhesive.
- DirectorIan ShandStarsPaul FraserIain BurtonAdrienne Byrne
- DirectorZdenka Doitcheva
- DirectorKen FairbairnStarsGary SmithStephen MallettStephen ChildsDouglas is on an "educational" cruise and has a parcel to deliver to his pen pal in Tangiers. His pal decides that it's contraband and when Mr Danvers appears the parcel goes missing and everything gets a bit dodgy for the boys.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsIan RamseyStuart LockStephen MallettJimmy Riley makes friends with Colin and Brian Buxton, both keen members of a schoolboys' scramble club. Lennie and Cliff, old friends of Jimmy's, steal wealthy Mr Hepplewhite's car. Jimmy finds the crooks with the car but will not join in with them.
- DirectorOlaf PooleyStarsConnor BrennanSimon TullyRory BailyIn a quiet Irish village, a group of enterprising youngsters make a model of the legendary monster supposedly residing in the bottom of the local lough, in the hope of attracting tourism and prosperity to the village.
- DirectorPeter SmithStarsPeggy AitchisonJohn BarrowJohn BlundellIt isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster.
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsAndrew KerrTemuera MorrisonKate ForlongFour children living on a sheep station help to catch escaped convicts.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsAnoop SinghLinda RobsonPhil DanielsTwo English kids meet their friend Anoop Singh and his baby elephant Ranee. The nasty circus owner wants the elephant for his circus and the children decide that they must prevent this.
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsMichael GouldPatricia DavisIan AllisOrdinary English family visits Safari Park and, through a series of mishsps, meets Duke of Bedford.
- DirectorHarry BoothStarsKim BurfieldDebbie RussJohn BluthalTime-travel tale about a boy who gets transported to the Middle Ages who battles a dragon.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsRaymond BoalKim CliffordPerry Benson
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsStephen GarlickJayne CollinsPeter Marshall
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsGraham Fletcher-CookEngin EshrefJayne TottmanA young lad accidentally sees a gang of criminals steal a priceless Egyptian mummy but can't tell the police because he would have to admit to trespassing on railway property, in search for his model plane, which resulted in one of the railway workers getting injured trying to stop rolling stock from hitting the young lad. The next day the young lad tells his mate and although he doesn't believe him he offers to help. While telling his mate what happened he sees the same criminals using a railway arch lock up to store the mummy and together with his friends they decide to watch and follow the criminals to get evidence so they can tip the police off without getting involved themselves.....
- DirectorMike AlexanderStarsIain AndrewJean FauldsIsobel Gardner
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsDebbie AshChristopher EllisonPatricia FletcherThe adventures of a boy and girl, who in company with a blind young man and his guide dog, track down the kidnappers of their friend.
- DirectorCecil PettyStarsJulia GamboldGary DundavinAlex McCrindle
- DirectorKen FairbairnStarsSadie FrostMichael SampsonMark DeamerHorse turned detective, and communicates with children, helping them to foil a dairy robbery.
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsLeigh GotchWendy CookLinda FrithThe efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsMarcus EvansSimon HendersonDebby SalterA group of children, lost in fog on Dartmoor, encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
- DirectorHarold OrtonStarsLisa EastDexter FletcherSarah JerkinsA group of kids, who are part of the police-sponsored scheme 4D Special Agents, tackle a gang of Cockney crooks.