The Little Drummer Boy

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Celebrate the true spirt of Christmas in the original holiday special, The Little Drummer Boy. Frustrated with the world, the lonely orphan Aaron finds solace in his animal friends and playing the drum. After traveling through the desert to Bethlehem, he finds himself witnessing the birth of baby Jesus. Based on the popular song of the same name, the Rankin/Bass production of The Little Drummer Boy features iconic "Animagic" stop-motion animation and music by The Vienna Boys' Choir. It's pure holiday magic for the entire family!

Genre: Animated, Family
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Greer Garson, Paul Frees, June Foray, Ted Eccles

Formats & Editions

Digital
Original Version

Run Time:
0hr 26min

MPAA Rating:
Not Rated

Language & Audio:
2.0

Subtitles:
English SDH / French Canadian

Picture:
Full Frame / Color

Release Date: November 19, 2021
Standard Edition
Blu-ray

Run Time:
TV Special : Hour(s) 25 Minutes

MPAA Rating:
Not Rated

Language & Audio:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles:
English SDH

Picture:
Full Frame / Color

Release Date: November 5, 2019

Number of Discs: 1
The Original Christmas Classics
DVD

Run Time:
TV Special : Hour(s) 26 Minutes

MPAA Rating:
Not Rated

Language & Audio:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Subtitles:
English Closed Captioned

Picture:
Full Frame / Color

Release Date: October 16, 2018

Number of Discs: 1
On Demand

Run Time:
0hr 26min

MPAA Rating:
Not Rated

Language & Audio:
2.0

Subtitles:
English SDH / French Canadian

Picture:
Full Frame / Color

Release Date: November 19, 2021
The Original Christmas Specials Collection
Deluxe Edition

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassRestoring the Puppets of RudolphReimagining Rudolph in 4DRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction FilmT.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games

Run Time: Hour(s) 53 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French European DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassOriginal Pencil TestCommentary by Animation Historian Mark Evanier

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French Canadian DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassCommentary by Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Release Date: October 16, 2018

Number of Discs: 4
The Original Christmas Specials Collection
Deluxe Edition

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassRestoring the Puppets of RudolphReimagining Rudolph in 4DRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction FilmT.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games

Run Time: Hour(s) 53 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French European Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassOriginal Pencil TestCommentary by Animation Historian Mark Evanier

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French Canadian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassCommentary by Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Release Date: October 16, 2018

Number of Discs: 4
The Original Christmas Specials Collection
Limited Edition Steelbook

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassRestoring the Puppets of RudolphReimagining Rudolph in 4DRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction FilmT.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games

Run Time: Hour(s) 53 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French European DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassOriginal Pencil TestCommentary by Animation Historian Mark Evanier

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French Canadian DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassCommentary by Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Release Date: November 2, 2021

Number of Discs: 4
The Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection
Multi-Feature Edition

Special Features: Restoring the Puppets of RudolphReimagining Rudolph in 4DRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction filmT.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games

Run Time: Hour(s) 53 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French European DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassOriginal Pencil TestCommentary with Animation Historian Mark Evanier

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / French European DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: Commentary with Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / English DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: We Are Santa's ElvesStop Motion 101

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: Frosty and the Story of the Snowman

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 23 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: 1 Hour(s) 37 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Release Date: October 31, 2023

Number of Discs: 5
The Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection
Multi-Feature Edition

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassRestoring the Puppets of RudolphReimagining Rudolph in 4DRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction FilmT.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games

Run Time: Hour(s) 53 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French European Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassCommentary by Animation Historian Greg Ehrbar

Run Time: Hour(s) 51 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Special Features: The Animagic World of Rankin/BassOriginal Pencil TestCommentary by Animation Historian Mark Evanier

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French Canadian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 26 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / Latin Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / French Canadian / Latin Spanish

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 50 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 25 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French Canadian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 49 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: Hour(s) 24 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono / French Canadian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Run Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minutes

Mpaa Rating: Not Rated

Language And Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Picture: Full Frame / Color

Release Date: October 18, 2022

Number of Discs: 9

Formats & Editions

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