Anyone remember the animated version of "A Christmas Carol" from 1971?

[FriarTed]

@solost

I can’t watch it to confirm right now, but this must be the one I’m thinking of:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6IMZFwY50
I remember when I was a kid it was wonderfully spooky, and it really delivered this old-fashioned Victorian Christmas feel (maybe because it was so spooky). Seems like it was on the usual rotation with the Rankin-Bass specials for a few years, then it was never shown on TV again. I always wondered why it stopped being shown. Maybe it was considered too scary for kids- even though it was animated, it was more sophisticated and darker than a typical cartoon for kids. I’ll have to check out my own link when I have time, and see if it holds up.

The story is the scariness is exactly why it was removed from regular showing. I’ve also heard that copyright ownership is tangled up, hence it’s unavailability as an official DVD release. Tho I heard t’ings as to DVDs being available.

Btw, this may be the version mentioned by RivkahChaya…

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