This little television nugget premiered in 1969 on television for one showing only. The show was intended to be an uplifting tale of angels and Heaven. Instead, this pre-teen targeted program scared the bejesus out of the kids by showing them that children die horrifying deaths and are unable to ever speak or hear from their parents again. Apparently, even in those non-PC times parents were horrified by this show to such a degree that they called and complained in droves. To my knowledge it never aired again.

I was seven when this program premiered and I had been through the ordeal of my little sister's death from cancer. I had been through the death of other family members. This program was cold comfort. It traumatized me and I am still affected by it in a very negative way.

Little Michael (Johnny Whitaker) chases a dove sent from God, only to run right off a cliff and die. The angels allow him to return home to retrieve a treasured keepsake but he is unable to speak to his parents and they are unable to see or hear him.

I don't know how this figured as holiday/Christmas fare, but it was presented around Christmas time. I know it has stuck in my mind all these thirty plus years later and not in a good way. I have always found myself worrying about the death of relatives and I'm convinced this film has added to some of that stress.

Definitely NOT for young children unless you want to traumatize them.
This little television nugget premiered in 1969 on television for one showing only. The show was intended to be an uplifting tale of angels and Heaven. Instead, this pre-teen targeted program scared the bejesus out of the kids by showing them that children die horrifying deaths and are unable to ever speak or hear from their parents again. Apparently, even in those non-PC times parents were horrified by this show to such a degree that they called and complained in droves. To my knowledge it never aired again. I was seven when this program premiered and I had been through the ordeal of my little sister's death from cancer. I had been through the death of other family members. This program was cold comfort. It traumatized me and I am still affected by it in a very negative way. Little Michael (Johnny Whitaker) chases a dove sent from God, only to run right off a cliff and die. The angels allow him to return home to retrieve a treasured keepsake but he is unable to speak to his parents and they are unable to see or hear him. I don't know how this figured as holiday/Christmas fare, but it was presented around Christmas time. I know it has stuck in my mind all these thirty plus years later and not in a good way. I have always found myself worrying about the death of relatives and I'm convinced this film has added to some of that stress. Definitely NOT for young children unless you want to traumatize them.