Once upon a time there was a boy who had trouble - and his trouble was monsters. And whenever he had trouble, he saw monsters. A vieled animated instructional film for children advocating piece-of-mind, safety, antidrugs and racial harmony. Song written and perfomrd by Bill Cleary.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314089
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - United States
Animation → Animation - Juvenile films
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social service and race relations
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Safety education
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Self-reliance in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Self-respect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-respect
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)