My mom passed away 6 years ago from cancer (only in her 60s) and she used to kep the VHS of this classic in a safe place for us as kids...every day after school we would get to watch this after homework

I saw this 35 years ago. When I was 40, I asked my parents about this thinking it was some kind of dream from my childhood and they told me I watched it often between the age of 4 and 6. I just watched it at the age of 40 and still loved it. Not only that, I realised that some of the actors are still going that my kids loved. Well done to the actors, actresses, directors, and producers

I did not expect, as a full grown man, to get that emotional when I heard the Water Babies song. It was attached to a childhood feeling in me that I had not felt in a while. I remember taking a nap and hearing that song in my ears.

This film has so much nostalgia for me, I can barely put it into words.... this film made such an impression on me as a young child, and watched many, many times....

It's been almost 30 years since I saw this movie on TV. So many wonderful memories, it gives me goosebumps hearing the opening score again. They just don't make children's films like this anymore. Thank you so much!

I used to watch this all the time with my sister at my grandparents house! My grandpa was a cartoonist and it seemed like he had every animated movie ever made in the form of VHS at his house. For years I’ve tried to recall it, but everytime I asked someone they had no clue what I was talking about. My sister ran to me earlier today and yelled “WATERBABIES” and I gasped. Watching this for the first time since childhood. The other day I also got to watch a old childhood favorite film from my grandpas house called “Rikki tikki tavi”

This just popped into my head out of nowhere today it’s weird like a lost memory. It was still there in the corner of my brain.

I love this film. The melancholy in it is very powerful. Unjustly dismissed, it’s a little gem. RIP Bernard Cribbins.

High high high, high cockalorum. One of the great kids films of the 70's along with Watership Down and The Belstone Fox. Would love to see Tarka the Otter.

Dunno about anyone else but I'm glad i watched that

The water babies' song popped into my head today and got me searching for this movie. Glad I found it.

Believe it or not I’m 23, and I remember this movie very vividly from my childhood and I’m glad I found it again😊

This movie is absolute chaos, never a dull moment. Animated movies are tame these days when compared to those from decades ago.

Omg I loved this when I was a kid 🥰 And now my baby girl loves it ❤️ thanks for putting this on KZfaq 👍🏻

Quite a good cast to. I haven’t seen it since I was 8. All I remember is “I am a water baby” in a real cockney accent

Many thanks for posting, I haven’t seen this movie in a very long time.

I love that era in UK 🇬🇧...i love that story ... today in 2020

This is such a great part animation and live action film from UK and Poland. I remember watching the film with Bernard Cribbins calling out "Mr. Grimes'. One of my now adult son's favourite films. Now missing the great acting talents of James Mason and Billie Whitelaw. Fantastic adaptation of this classic childrens book.

Best movie of the 70's. Charming and timeless, unlike anything released now.

Absolutely love this film. One of favourites from when I was a kid.

I so remember watching this around the age of 5 years old-maybe 6. I loved Water Babies..Geeze! As a kid, I would hike down to a stream back behind our housing area and I wondered if water babies could be in there. I recall jumping in (water level was to my ankles) and my brother said, “Now you probably destroyed their home!” This film also got me all caught up with Water Monkeys craze! I knew these were the same thing as in the film. Very disappointed I was that they weren’t…but I kept on buying just in case I did get one with water babies🤣 Nostalgia

I'm gonna go on 20 but this and many other cartoons or kids films from the 70s and 80s, hell even older were a huge part of my childhood... Especially the rare or underrated ones Melody and Water babies are top tier for me because they are special... Very special because my mum and I used to watch them all the time together when I was young.

The best film and the most beaitiful one. This film is one of a kind. One in a million.

This fits well with Watership Down and Dot and the Kangaroo. 70s cartoons that feel more like fever dreams. Love them all!

I have not seen this since I was a child, but Yesterday I put it on for my 4 year-old hoping he'd enjoy it too. He was riveted from beginning to end and today he was wandering about singing High Cockalorum.

My mom just bought me the book today. She remembered how much I adored the movie as a child. It's the best present I've received. 🥰😭

I saw this movie 34 years ago , and it is the best story I have ever see. The Writer and creators are simple Geniouses.

Feels a little bit like an inspiration for Disney's 1989' "Little Mermaid" :-) I watched "Water Babies" when I was 6 and we moved to a new city and I had my first day in the new school. I entered the room and the kids were watching it and somehow it blew my mind, I was obsessed with this movie and later with the "Little Mermaid", the BBC "Chronicles of Narnia", and the "Never-ending Story" and now after all the years I'm just trying to figure it out, why "Water Babies" were so magnetic to me - as one of my first cinematic inputs - when I only remember the fact that I was so amazed by it, and not really much what exactly happened there. I think it imprinted deeply since I got involved in scuba-diving, which is my great passion. There's something magic about this movie, obviously

The best film of my childhood reminds me of Sunday dinner and schooldays off with my Mum.

Thank you for my childhood memories xx

Fantastic film that I first saw in the early 80's (1982 I think) as a child aged just 8. Loved it then, and still love it to this day. Age 48 now :) A timeless classic, and great to see it remastered in 1080p! :)

This is definitely one of those 'You mean I didn't dream this!?' movies.

Amazing!!! I used to absolutely love this film from the age of about 6 onwards. Made Disney look childish and dull. Thank you again 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Found this on a videotape at the thrift store watching this while high as. Balls right now glad to see a definitely developing water babies fandom

My nan got this on dvd from the daily mail, I watched it when I was about 5 or 6, I'm in my 20s now, and it came up in my feed. Talk about nostalgia.

One of the first movies I ever saw in the cinema. I absolutely loved it as a kid. Thanks for putting in online.

Thank you soooo much🤗to whomever decided to show this film, on utube;(I missed it twice, on TV over Xmas /New Year & was so upset)One of my childhood memories! So sweet & I was delighted to watch again after all these Years!(shh!)I have Subscribed & hope to see more!😊Rosie 🦓 (stay safe🦋your Family,Friends&Loved ones)

I remember watching Water Babies with my sister and brother when we was kids. Top quality film and animation. The animation bit plays out as if you're playing an rpg game, getting new party members as you go along.

RIP Bernard Cribbins. His death got me reminiscing about this film so here I am 😊

I watched this when I was about 5 years old. I remembered a little boy jumping into the river and then becoming cartoon but remembered very little else, I was beginning to think I could’ve dreamt it. I can’t believe I’ve found it. I’m watching it and it’s all coming back to me. Parts in the film that touched me deeply as a child. When he’s sat under the table and pulls his dog closer and kisses him on the head, when he comes out of the chimney and he gets the pretty white room carpet dirty. Such a strange experience.

I last watched this over 30 years ago. While I'd forgotten the plot, High Cockalorum has randomly flitted through my mind so many times!

As a child I used to find this film magical but it also used to scare the shit out of me!!

I can’t believe I have finally found it I’m 33 but this is one of my favourite movies ever thank you

This movie has a nice place in the nostalgia of my childhood. The music is extraordinary and the curious magical essence of it is superb.

i have been searching for this movie for such a long time. i first saw it when I was 6 or 7 and it has stuck with me. we had a black and white tv before so I had to imagine the entire thing in color. i thought i was dreaming and that this movie never existed but I am glad that I finally have the chance to see this in full color and HD copy! thank you for uploading this

Thank you!!! One of my all time favorites.

I loved this movie as a kid but now whenever I see Billie Whitelaw I just think of her shouting “Facist!” while firing a machine gun in Hot Fuzz.

Beautiful, melancholy. I have this on VHS, I bought it in a mall in the 90's

my father was born in Ireland and lived in London until he was 10 y/o when he came to the US. Suffice it to say, he had an affinity for British TV and movies. He sat down and watched this with me when I was a child in when I was 5 in 1979. I had such a crush on the young main actress and for a cartoon (half of it at least) it was a very mature film with adult themes and humor which I was able to follow and get at that age. There's something magical about this movie. The animation is extremely dated which is a turn off and my children were not very interested in it as a result since they have Frozen, Coco, and Ponyo to compare it to. I guess maybe you needed to see this back then to really appreciate it. Another cartoon from that era that similarly has aged animation but is very good and I highly recommend is 'The Mouse and his Child'. Check that out if you have a chance. There's a copy on YT somewhere.

Im 50, how do i still remember these songs after not seeing this film for over 40 years

Tthis movie stayed with me for decades. I remember, before KZfaq, wondering if I'd ever come across this movie again. I know I'm not the first to have mentioned this here, but I also had dreams as a small child. Being underwater, yet breathing. 😊 ☮️ I hope you're having a fabulous day, whomever was destined to cross tthis tiny, virtual particle of dust. I💓 you. Always, A Fellow Human

The first time that I saw this movie when I was in Junior High. The “Come on Try” song will be forever stuck in my head.

emailed Phil Coulter a few years back, about the superb soundtrack - he mentioned the horse chase sequence in particular 'almost ending him' lol.

I loved this movie when I was kid. Thank you for posting it. ^^

I have very fond memories of my grandparents playing this film for me as a nipper, haven't seen this in over 20 years and I've been trying to remember what the film was called for at least the last 10 years... finally found it 🥲 thanks for the upload

I remember watching this over and over again on vhs with my sister when we were about 5 and 7 and it was our favorite movie of all time. No one else ever has any idea what I'm talking about when I mention it but that's okay because my sister and I can be seen as crazy together 😂

I love this movie a classic, thank you very much for posting.😊

I never heard about this movie until one day as a teenager on a channel called THIS TV I saw it, I enjoyed it so much. The music and story make me think of the Wizard of Oz and is as whimsy as the Lion King. I don't think you will find a remake of a story like this in our day NO WAY this is one of a kind!

This is a deeply unlocked memory

Oh my gosh I love this movie as a child. Thank you for sharing.

I adored this film as a child!! Thank you for the upload 😀

i watched this as a very young child, loved it, remembered the name, and years later tracked down a copy to relive it. It didn't age well - as a teenager, I thought it was a dumb kid's movie. and now here it is on youtube in its entirety.... will I love it again, now that I'm older?

It appeared on one of those channels/syndication, and I always missed it, but I knew of it. I love how KZfaq is a treasure trove in finding these memories - especially my soap operas :)

I love the comments people are sharing! I remember this movie from when I was a kid when it came on TV, but I only ever got to see the last 15 minutes or so of it! I never knew what it was called. But I never forgot "water babies" and that word they kept singing which I could never figure out how it was spelled or properly pronounced (hicocolora? - LOL!).So glad to FINALLY see the entire movie. Then reading these comment - wow, I'm not the only one this movie made an impression on!

I remember watching this in my childhood, but never remembered the title, but the High Cockalorum song has always stuck with me.

Approx in 2003/4 when I was 6 (probably younger when I first watched but can’t remember) it became one of my favourite films ever, would keep the videotape under my pillow to keep it safe😂 when I sat my GCSE’s I would sing the songs from this film in my head😂 Also, if anyone mentions 5 o’clock, I always say “5o’clock in the cold wet morning” in the raspy mans accent and everyone looks at me like I’ve lost the plot😂

I remember seeing this film, but hardly remembered anything about it.. Thank you for uploading this x

My daughter’s go to movie when she was a little girl and if she’s down, even now as a woman in her 30s.

This movie has flashes of brilliance. Some of the live action stuff is genuinely atmospheric and well directed. Awesome location work too. Lets be honest though. They really should have got a better company to do the animation...

Thank You So .

Your a top person just lost my sister and it means so much xxx

also, thank you for this gem! back when this was high tech! i hope showing my son isn't as anti-climactic as i fear...

I remember seeing this as a kid as well as dot and kangaroo ♡

Used to watch this with my grandad and grandma, fond memories. My grand funeral yesterday brings back lots of good memories 😊❤️

It's like Oliver! and SpongeBob and The Wizard of Oz combined! High Cockalorum is like a mix of Consider Yourself and We're Off to See the Wizard!

I remember thinking the book was so dark, but the film was so nice. The film is pretty dark too.

Love this film as a kid & thanks for putting on You Tube 🤗

Loved this movie when I was a child

My favourite film from when I was a kid. I remember it being taped off the telly, and I would go downstairs alot of mornings and watch it. Still love this film.

This movie is so underrated

Classic. Love this. A bit of fun.

I love watching this at christmas

Part of my personal life was similar to Tom as i suffered from family abuse when i was in similar age. Wish there was another Billie Whitelaw to support me !

I remember this movie very well. Oh the nostalgia.

This movie is completely new to me, but I'm a life long fan now, just sat through it twice.

45:45 Duet (Tom & Jock) 48:49 Trio (Tom, Jock & Terence) 55:45 Quartet (Tom, Jock, Terence & Claude)

I absolutely love this movie. “Try a Little Harder” 🎶

I love that film.

It’s all coming back to me. Haven’t seen this since I was probably five years old in 1984.

Great stuff thanks.

R.I.P Bernard Cribbins That leaves David Jason and the child actors as the only surviving cast members of this film.

1:27:31 did anyone as a child get scared of this scene

Terrence is faaaaabulous

Animation from back before computer graphics robbed the craft of its heart and soul.

This is...a very confusing but entertaining flick.

Another British film good cast

I loved this as a kid in the mid 90s

this is one of my mom's old movie when she was little

Love this movie. i have it on DVD

esta pelicula marco mi infancia, por fin la encontre!!!! gracias!!!