Furrend Film Archive · Cats
Three Little Kittens
Curly Tail the farm kitten and his two siblings grow up in a barn, learn to climb and play, and eventually find homes with a shoemaker and a postmaster.
About the film
An ERPI Classroom Films short from 1938, later circulated by Encyclopedia Britannica, follows three farm kittens from a week old to months old as they play, climb, and get their first “jobs.” It belongs to the same educational True Nature tradition as other primary-grade animal films of the period.
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Source & rights
Three Little Kittens is available through the Prelinger Archives at the Internet Archive, where this version is marked public domain. The film is embedded from the Internet Archive.