The Emperor's new clothes

Duration: 8

Year Published: 1989

Creator: Weston Woods

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Colorful animation complements this rollicking rendition of the fairy tale about the imperial clotheshorse. Preoccupied with his royal attire, the emperor falls prey to two swindlers posing as weavers. Their specialty is invisible clothing only the wise can see. As he marches in stately procession wearing his newly-fashioned garb, the monarch is met by the stunned silence of the multitude. A disingenuous child breaks the collective shock by declaring that the emperor has no clothes on. Realizing his folly, the ruler maintains his regal bearing in the face of derisive laughter and soon wins the respect of his subjects. , "There once was an emperor who was very fond of new clothes." So begins this tale of a vain emperor and the perfect outfit created for him by two swindlers who came to the castle masquerading as weavers. Based on the book of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen., "There once was an emperor who was very fond of new clothes." So begins this tale of a vain emperor and the perfect outfit created for him by two swindlers who came to the castle masquerading as weavers. Based on the book of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen.

Complete Record: Colorful animation complements this rollicking rendition of the fairy tale about the imperial clotheshorse. Preoccupied with his royal attire, the emperor falls prey to two swindlers posing as weavers. Their specialty is invisible clothing only the wise can see. As he marches in stately procession wearing his newly-fashioned garb, the monarch is met by the stunned silence of the multitude. A disingenuous child breaks the collective shock by declaring that the emperor has no clothes on. Realizing his folly, the ruler maintains his regal bearing in the face of derisive laughter and soon wins the respect of his subjects. , "There once was an emperor who was very fond of new clothes." So begins this tale of a vain emperor and the perfect outfit created for him by two swindlers who came to the castle masquerading as weavers. Based on the book of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen., "There once was an emperor who was very fond of new clothes." So begins this tale of a vain emperor and the perfect outfit created for him by two swindlers who came to the castle masquerading as weavers. Based on the book of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.