Little Tom Thumb

Duration: 7

Genre: Educational

Creator: Encyclopedia Britanica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: The dream of escaping from poverty and unhappiness comes true in an impossible but delightful way when Little Tom Thumb becomes a hero saving himself and his six big brothers and returning home with treasures and magic boots., Adapts the English fairy tale about Tom Thumb, the miller's miniature son who saved himself and his six big brothers and returned home with treasure and magic boots. Shows Tom's parents leaving their children in the forest because there is no food and Tom leading his brothers home by retracing the rocks he had dropped along the way. Depicts their capture by an ogre and their escape after Tom steals the ogre's jewels.

Complete Record: The dream of escaping from poverty and unhappiness comes true in an impossible but delightful way when Little Tom Thumb becomes a hero saving himself and his six big brothers and returning home with treasures and magic boots., Adapts the English fairy tale about Tom Thumb, the miller's miniature son who saved himself and his six big brothers and returned home with treasure and magic boots. Shows Tom's parents leaving their children in the forest because there is no food and Tom leading his brothers home by retracing the rocks he had dropped along the way. Depicts their capture by an ogre and their escape after Tom steals the ogre's jewels.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.