This Bell Telephone version is exactly how this was presented and aired on TV every year when I was growing in the '50's and '60's. It was an annual tradition. Thank you for posting this.
@165vally
Жыл бұрын
The PBS (WHYY in Philadelphia) version has a slightly different intro, by a different "phone company" spokesman: kzitem.info/news/bejne/k4V4loCcbnV8d4I
@maryvandeusen5554
2 жыл бұрын
I watched this EVERY YEAR when I was a kid, at my grandparents’ house. We need more Christmas truth like this.
@CarolAnnie-u6e
9 ай бұрын
Been watching this every Christmas since I was two years old! Now I am 66 years old! Merry Christmas everyone?!!!❤
@jenniferschillig3768
3 жыл бұрын
I'm actually quite impressed with the marionettes during the Nativity scene...they're so beautifully sculpted and their movements are so lifelike.
@Kinseydsp
Жыл бұрын
George Klezaras I Thank you SO MUCH For These They meant so much to me as a Kid and the Days when the Phone Company cared about these things. These Makes Christmas come Back to My Heart. THANK YOU! This is what I had as a Kid and I thank God I lived in those days.
@cordeliachase601
Жыл бұрын
Grew up watching this as a kid while living in South Jersey. I watch it every year. It gives me so much nostalgia.
@williampaulbeaugruendler7901
4 жыл бұрын
Your newest Subscriber-for-Life has been looking for this show for over FIFTY YEARS. thanks a million for posting! The amazing Alexander Scourby reads Moore's poem and the Nativity tale.
@CarolAnnie-u6e
9 ай бұрын
It's on DVD now!!! ❤
@mikemcgonegal1616
4 жыл бұрын
I'm totally blown away by the stop-motion animation! It definitely holds its own with today's CGI effects. Imagine the amount of time that went into this. Plus, I miss Ma Bell.
@radiootoo
9 ай бұрын
It's marionettes!
@CarolAnnie-u6e
9 ай бұрын
I love you, Jesus!!!❤
@CarolAnnie-u6e
9 ай бұрын
Watched every Christmas Eve since 1960!
@lynnclark2269
Жыл бұрын
Thank you !!!!!! ❤😢 Blessed Memories !!!!
@cateclism316
Жыл бұрын
I remember this film being shown every year at Christmastime at my grade school. It had been shown so many times that film breaks were frequent. Great memories!
@janet5593
2 жыл бұрын
Love this! ❤️ The second story is the best and it’s also the TRUTH! ❤️🙏🏻❤️
@CarolAnnie-u6e
9 ай бұрын
Glad these two shows are on dvd!❤
@TralfazConstruction
4 жыл бұрын
Thank God that this still exists!
@imapip6313
6 жыл бұрын
Brings back childhood memories 🤶🏻🎅🏻❤️
@debbiekerr3989
4 жыл бұрын
I first saw this when I was 8 years old, and I simply loved it. This brings back many happy memories.
@Kinseydsp
Жыл бұрын
George Klezaras Again Thank You For this Means So Much.
@thetreasurehouse1742
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this beautiful production. It's interesting to note that yours is the Bell System version. I have a 16 millimeter color film print of the non-Bell specific version, featuring different commercial mentions. It is a shame that the two commercials were cut from your copy, but it is a pleasure to see the restored color.
@antoniodorso
4 жыл бұрын
I was born in '51, the year it was made,.....remember it well from the time I was just beyond toddler.....they played it every year until the mid to late 60's. When I was in elementary school as well, they would herd us into the auditorium and play it......In actuality, that couldnt be done today, especially in lieu of the fact that the second half, "The Nativity", is obviously for those of Christian faith.......if they did that today, the ACLU would be up the school boards rear end in a heart beat, as somebody somewhere would be offended. Interesting side note about the commercial.....in those days, Bell Telephone not only had a monopoly, but was for all practical purposes "thee" phone company.....
@thomasholland7981
4 жыл бұрын
This is great, no doubt about it. The version I have has a different telephone company spokesperson with a half inch wide necktie :) I enjoyed this as a kid and I showed it to my own kids when they were growing up. When they were around 8, 7 & 6 they acted out T'was The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore for my wife and I. The video I shot of that performance is more valuable to me than gold!
@colettenasielski7346
5 жыл бұрын
Love the Sprit of Christmas
@Tommy-76
4 жыл бұрын
The Philadelphia PBS station, WHYY, runs this every year during a Christmas pledge break. It was remastered with the Braille storybooks feature included.
@TralfazConstruction
2 жыл бұрын
They are _still_ showing this? I remember seeing it on WHYY, maybe, twenty-five years ago and was really enthralled seeing it again after a very long break in between viewings.
@matterofpib
2 жыл бұрын
I happened upon this as an adult. It came on the local public tv station.
@Oldparson220
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this on TV on thd 50s. Yoh won't fine this on any network TV. Kinda sad
@shawneldridge4465
10 ай бұрын
the first time I seen this and the first time I had seen Trans-Siberian orchestra was on pbs network back then and it was on Thanksgiving night too. I do miss these great programs, so why did they stop showing them. They had a good thing going for a while.
@ADXYMOX62
6 жыл бұрын
PHILADELPHIA!!!!
@marshalljimduncan
15 күн бұрын
Leave me my corner in peace...
@Jason-Clark235
3 жыл бұрын
I know I am saying this in April but merry Christmas and the intro really creeped me out
@briantnolan
Жыл бұрын
All I want for Christmas is for this film to get the MST3K treatment. God bless us every one.
@jenniferschillig3768
3 жыл бұрын
22:17: "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown."
@coletteasnasielski1244
5 жыл бұрын
really good interptiontaion of this story
@JohnnylMr
9 ай бұрын
Who played Scourby’s wife?
@redirac6890
3 жыл бұрын
Love the sexual innuendo. Wife: "my favorite is mistletoe" wink, wink. Then later as she places stocking over mantle, "that's for St. Nick perhaps he will fill it tonight" more wink wink.
@_rob_.
2 жыл бұрын
You are what's wrong with this world.
@cindys1819
6 жыл бұрын
This features marionettes...sure, this is back when people were dummies enough to let ole Bell Tel maintain it's monopoly and charge anything they wanted for service. Besides that, this production isn't PC; there's a GUN over the fireplace!
@sevenfivefour
6 жыл бұрын
..I don't know what your problem is! This is a beautiful rendition of the First Christmas and a wonderful children's Christmas story, brought into American homes several times a week by "Ma Bell!" As for your concern of the Politically Correctness of this cherished fable: the timeline is clearly over a hundred years ago and the chances are, a gun over the fireplace was quite common! The assertion that many Americans were dupes for the phone service isn't different than today's much "enlightened" cell phone users sporting $1000 phones and paying over $100's monthly! So dear Cindy S...what's your problem?
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