The Emperor's new clothes

United States, 1966

Film
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Episode of Series “Children’s classic story series”.
A live action film that tells the tale of an emperor who employs two tailors who make him a special robe. What he doesn’t know is that these two rogues are not tailors at all and when the emperor appears in public in his special new robe, no one can quite believe their eyes. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s well-loved tale.

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Credits

producer

Carole F Schwartz

production company

McGraw-Hill Films

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1966

Appears in

Children's classic story series

Group of items

Children's classic story series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303878

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Literature → Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Fairy tales - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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