A. A. Milne documentary

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and as a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II.

He was the father of bookseller Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the character Christopher Robin is based.

A. A. Milne documentary

1973

[emjordan]

I am 75 years old ... when we were little, my mother tood us to the bookmobile every Saturday morning to check out books. I repeatedly checked out Winne the Pooh books every week. I loved them. Read them to all my children, and then my grandchildren too. As a minister, I often used their stories, like the loss of Eeyore's tail; or tigger's bouncy personality to teach the children. To this day, i love both the humour and the life stories that flow from the pages. Thank you. I enjoyed this video very much. :)

[JimiHendrix]

I met Christopher R. Milne at his Dartmouth bookshop in the 1980s. We chatted for about an hour about a wide range of subjects and neither of us ever touched on his family, father, his life or history. A gentle, reclusive man. Thank you for this upload.

[andrewsandilands]

In a way it is a great shame that his plays are almost forgotten now, as they a rather charming and evocative of the period - although no one could describe them as groundbreaking. Also his novels, recently republished are worth looking at. Very amusing and quintessentially English. It takes great skill to write so enjoyably and with such warmth and charm about ordinary people living slightly whimsical, ordinary lives.

[jimbojet]

I watched this! Such pleasant memories of ‘another time’. I recently recited a poem to a friend who never read any Pooh books, ever! Now she’s interested ! All these years have passed, 100 or so? It’s the timeless innocence that’s so attractive.

[beblader]

I love the style of the documentary. Very heartwarming.

[charlesdavis]

Touched something deep within my heart. Thank you (s) for your insights upon "times" nearly forgotten... and yet, remembered by that silly old Pooh... and Christopher Robins... just in time! Thank you production crew! where ever you are.

[mikeofcomx]

A beautiful documentary that should be on every adult’s to-do list

[janeharrington]

It's nice to see that Christopher Milne narrated the text of the poems and stories. ❤

[johnaweiss]

My Mom read Pooh to me when i was little. Thank you, Mom.

[nilgiridreaming]

it is so good to seehow Milne put together his story of Christopher and Winnie. How clever and I am inspired.

[charliedrosario]

I love this documentary, it is about too of my oldest heroes, EH Shepard and AA Milne.

[anniefinch]

I remember this famous author and I remembered that the characters this person created were famous by Walt Disney. As a matter of fact, there's a movie on Disney plus that's like the books.

[dismith]

Ernest Howard Shepard 10 December 1879 – 24 March 1976

[btbb]

I think Brian Jones, a founding member of The Rolling Stones, lived in A. A. Milne’s house and ultimately was found lifeless in his swimming pool there.

[michaeldillon]

This world seems strange to us now, but even at that time millions of working class people would have been living very different lives .
Charming documentary - thank you 🙂

[nanahopeDale]

Excellent! Couldn't rafe fiennes play him? His doppelganger for sure

[chunellemariavictoriaespan]

... Is it odd to want to know how Christopher Robbin "Billie Moon" was impacted by the series...

[HH-kgfq]

Can't understand your accent. Can you PLEASE turn on the subtitles? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[milouda]

Bless you 🙏 and thank you very much for this document! It made me very happy 😊 😃 love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 Truth must be told 😉 😄 😀 😊 😜 ☺️ unconditional love for everything and everyone ❤️ 💕 💗 ♥️ 💓 💖 ❤️ 💕 💗 I want to go back to the good old days and bring them back to 2023
This will happen in Devine timing love and light ✨️ ❤️ 💖 💛 💕 💗 ✨️ ❤️ 💖 💛

[charliedrosario]

A man called Lucas in the 1920's, well mercy me.