Footage Found From The 1967 Version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
In 1967 the Associated British Picture Corporation released a ten-part serial adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It has since been lost and only parts 1 and 8 have survived. We were just sent a tip about episode 8 which has been uploaded to YouTube. You can view it below:
Episode 8, Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS0ALJAwbI
Episode 8, Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOLFCX_Cf_U
UPDATE: The videos have been removed.
According to our tipster, “At the time, the ABC did not have the budget to store old programs, nor any idea there would be home video, so after an initial airing and a few repeats, the recording would be trashed or erased for re-use.” You can read more about this mini-series at Wikipedia.
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Thank you Jared for sending these in!
Yah I know but this is a little on the Funnier and Cheesier side! but I still loved it!
Yeah, Aslan is too scary! lol xD
That's almost how I felt the first time I saw it, but the 2nd time I didn't spend the whole film trying to judge it and just sat back and tried to enjoy it for what it was. That time, the emotion got to me. I think part of the reason some of us feel there was a lack of emotion in the film is due to our own pre-determined bias. You have to see it at least one more time to know for sure whether you made the right judgment on it…
I'm not exactly sure about this version… 🙂
Aslan's a bit too harsh.
It's lovely! I wish the whole thing was there. They really got most everything right. Wish I was alive when it was first broadcasted…how exciting! I can just see all the kids sitting around their television sets tuning into that days part of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe!