This Children's Film Foundation film from 1961 had been released by the BFI on Volume 5 of the CFF films. It is a slightly unusual film. Supposedly set in the Napoleonic wars,but the action takes place in the Scottish Highlands. The film is directed by acclaimed women's director Muriel Box. The production company is ACT films,the technicians union.
The film has a familiar narrative running through it. A bunch of adults,in this case a troop of French soldiers being constantly thwarted by five children There are some well known faces among the adults. George Woodbridge and Frederick Piper being the most recognisable.
