Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) Color Classic 

The part where the mom cries because that’s all she can provide and the kids still are so grateful makes me tear up every time

I used to watch this cartoon with my grandpa, he would always tell me to appreciate the things I have and how hard my parents worked to support us. We were poor, but we were happy.

They may be poor, but these two children are grateful to have friends and family. They are also well mannered and well behaved

I was poor as a child and my parents did their best just like this mom. It makes me cry to see this. Also, mindblowing visuals for 1936!!

The Tailor, the Baker, and the Toy Shop owner have heart of golds!

Oh my god, I remember seeing this as a child and being absolutely heart broken. This movie has not left my brain ever since.

I remember crying over this as a kid. Age 33 and it STILL brings me to tears!

I use to watch this with my family when I was quite little in the early 2000's. My grandma would compare this to her time growing up during the Great Depression, and I never forgot it. Somehow this cartoon was able to bridge that gap and helped me be grateful for what I have rather than what I don't. Rest easy Grandma. I will always remember you through this cartoon, and I will show my children when they are born.

Ugh breaks my heart when the little boy says “aww I’m still hungry ma” 🥺😭💔

How sad and how kind of the people who helped the family. No child should go to bed cold and hungry anywhere in the world. There's enough food.

He fact that they were dirt poor during the Great Depression totally went over my head as a kid. I was just mesmerized by the fascinating animation.

This is a beautiful cartoon. It shows empathy towards the less fortunate ❤

Story from 1936 & I'm crying in 2021 ♥️

Historical context: . This cartoon was made during the last years of The Great Depression in USA. The cartoon somewhat reflected what happened those times.

Oh my God ❤I’m 70 years old and I can remember all these videos it brings back beautiful childhood memories I will share with all my grandchildren 🙏👏

I just love how all three of those men took time out of their day to give this poor family a free meal. As a kid, I did not appreciate that as much as I do now.

I'm 32, and me and my sister grew up with this cartoon, especially around Christmas. My parents also grew up with this, and I see why they wanted to share it.

Makes me sad and very thought provoking. Don't see cartoons like this anymore. I think all children should watch this especially around Christmas time just so they can see how very lucky they are. Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤🌷🌷🌷❤❤❤

If they would imagine their mom also being happy in a dreamland, having fun with them, that would be touching

I am watching this on my 61st birthday. saw it many years ago, it made me cry them, it made me cry today.

Im 33, and had this on VHS when i was a kid. Watched it so many times. Nice to revisit it

Literally balling my eyes out. I am now 30 but my mom used to play this episode for me it was my favorite. As i grew up I have always remembered it and have tried to look for it over the past years and never came across it until TODAY! Finally… I am currently pregnant and will definitely have my daughter watch this ♥️ thank you!

I'm amazed by this handmade, totally handmade, truly handmade cartoons. not one pre or post processed image by computer. parallax scrolling, wonderful colours, fluid animations. unbelievable hard work behind.

the ending gave me chills!! The way they eat their dessert before their dinner is so cute. I love how they were still grateful and thanked their mom even after she cried. Such sweet children, we must all raise our children to be humble 💕

I remember how rough it was for me and my mom seeing this again makes me appreciate the things I have And during this pandemic situation it’s hard for everyone I had to quit college to help my mom and siblings i have to work hard to help my mom pay bills Oh god I’m crying

I can’t believe I found this.. I remember watching it as a child and I was so drawn by it. Still am I can’t watch this over and over. And not get tired.

Saw this as a kid in the late 90s. Stuck with me forever. I grew up lower class and still felt awful for these kids..... Now I'm a dad and both of these babies look and act like mine....I can't stop crying. We aren't doing anywhere near as bad as I was when I was a kid and I think this cartoon helped with that.

This is an American culture treasure. The rotoscope filming is somewhat rare. And it presents such good values for children to learn. Just wonderful!

I can’t believe I found this.. I remember watching it as a child and I was so drawn by it. Still am I can’t watch this over and over. And not get tired. I

This made me nostalgic, heartbroken and I'm crying, but I feel so happy to know that despite the hardships, my mom did what I could say right now almost the impossible, to raise us and we weren't rich, nor terribly poor, our needs were met and we had what we could. We were happy with it. I remember these cartoons and my childhood comes. My mom loves this style of cartoons and I know she would love to see them. Unfortunately back then, we saw them with voices in Spanish, so I can't find the doub version in Spanish, but I'm sure she'll love to watch them again.

I grew up with this. Made me relate so hard as a kid :(

Brings tears to my eyes.. i used to tell bedtime stories of a candyland to my brothers and sisters before bed, to help prevent bad dreams, and the idea came from this cartoon. Plus, we were pretty poor, and went hungry a few times, so this just resonates with me. I love old Fleischer brothers cartoons. I also like Christmas comes but once a year from the Fleischer brothers too 💖☮️

I watched this as a child, im 74. It still makes me teary eyed!!,💗💗💗

What a sweet animation.. Little children with little wish..❤ God bless all children in the world..🤲 amen..

The baker and other restaurant owners appear to be Italian descent, which also made a statement in this era! What a touching cartoon. I had never seen it before and it brought me to tears. So many suffered during the great depression, and then they lived through the horrors of WW2.

Oh my God, I love this cartoon so much. It reminds me of the good old days. I love it so much.😭🫶🏻

We need this back today more than ever 😢

I'm in my late 20s now, but when growing up as a kid I had a VHS of all these classic cartoons like Popeye, Casper, and the 3 Stooges, and this one has always stayed in my mind. Such a sweet cartoon. Now as a grown man this definitely makes me tear up.

Man, it’s like looking at a depressing reality of what would happen if Popeye left Olive Oyl as a single mother.

Fleischer Studio stories with kids are some of the best stories... It's so often about kids who need something and even if they don't behave as well as demanded of them in that time, they barely ever get punished. It's full of love. And despite the quality of the videos and the deterioration, really well animated, especially the backgrounds.

This and Christmas comes once a year are amazing classics that I'm glad I get to show my own children now

If you're not empathetic, sympathetic, or saddened during the first 3 minutes of this cartoon... You're obviously not fully understanding what is going on during those 3 minutes. God Bless you and yours during this Christmas season, but especially anyone who might resemble the start of this cartoon. And praise God for what ever Blessings they already have.

They went from having just one mom, to having 1 mom and 3 dads. Best ending ever.

I haven't seen this since I was a little kid and we had a VHS of all old and classic cartoons. It definitely hits differently as an adult with kids than it did when I was the kid. I managed to hold back the tears when the mom started crying because that's all the food there was, but I lost that composure when they pulled up their little blankets and they were so riddled with holes that they didn't even cover their little bodies. 😭

Im a grown man and i cried to this

It's wild how a child can see the best in everything. I seen this as a child and just thought It was a fun cartoon. But watching it as a 39 year old I see the truth to this and honest to God it's bringing tears to my eyes. I don't know wether I'd rather be ignorant to such things like I was as a child or to feel and known how it truly is. The prospect of ignorance is only phesable in ignorance alone for once one becomes aware there is nothing that can remove that awareness. Just happy to be alive. God Bless you all!!

I have just spent the past twenty minutes trying to explain to Google the memory I had of this cartoon, as a grown woman and mother now this hits even harder then I remember as a child, a beautiful work of art to this day, so happy to have found this again, be safe everyone, don’t forget to count your blessings 🤍

I first watched this when I was 4, and I vividly remembered key details of it. So when I was bored one day I looked it up and found it. Brings back memories of how positive and innocent I was for only remembering the dream portion 😊. But at the same time, it’s horribly sad! This is a sad reality for a vast majority of people worldwide.

Old classics is gold classics.

The music is so touching

As a kid, I never thought this was sad. I loved it because of the food areas they walked through in Dream Land.

I want to think that at the end of this short, the Baker graciously gave their mother a job and she would bring home the left over baked goods.

I've first seen this when I was 7 years old. I am 42 years old and this still makes me cry

Beautiful cartoon such grateful children 😍 knowing that they're mother is struggling but still manages to give them food on the table and put a roof over their heads

Memory childhood.....I got it worse when I was young. I'm glad I watched it again 😊😊❤❤

Breaks my heart so hard every single time

I remember my mom buying me this VHS movie and watching it pretty crazy how I came across it again after so many years.

Finally found this🤩😍🥰😘My mom and me always cried our eyes out when we used to watch this. It's amazing to know this was made before ww2, and with such amazing animation at that time 😮

Ugh this is the cartoon made me just love kids in general 🥺🤧🤧 so cute and small and innocent… they don’t deserve any form of suffering or sadness … all children should grow up happy, carefree.. no trauma.. 🥺 the “I’m still hungry mom~” breaks my heart into so many pieces 😫😫😫😫😫

One of the best classic short films ever!

2:45 i just realized that song playing in the background is “schubert serenade”

I remember this cartoon, had it on a VHS Tape along with others Anyone who remembers this cartoon, deserves a gold medal. Because this was a very Darling, Charming, and Heartfelt cartoon taking place During the depression, poor kids and their Mother. They just don't make them like these anymore and that's just sad. 😢

كانت ايام جميله عندما اشاهد مثل هاذيه الافلام ابكي ع زمنا الجميل اسال الله ان يكون زمن اولادنا اجمل وان يتعلمو حب الخير والبساطة والاحساس بوجع الأخرين

I remember watching this on a tape player I grew up poor and was homeless almost half of my childhood I would watch this on repeat waiting for something like this to happen to me

Using CGI computer looking cartoons cannot match the real paint colors from old cartoons, let's go back to the old drawing board, need any proof, just look at this beautiful cartoon.

Where a person is when he is old, he may remember his situation when he was the age of children. If he was 60, 70, 80, or 90 years old, he must remember when he was a child. Children’s lives are wonderful and beautiful.❤

Always tear up bad, when I watch this. The end is what makes the tears come down. Love the old cartoons.

He recordado mis días de infancia tiempos inolvidables qué bello

It wasnt until i watched this as an adult i realised every shop owner purposgully put a piece of wood out for the kids to "find" this little short always made me emotional 😭

This video, along with a few others inspired me to give 3 of my top students who were very poor a ps5 for each one of them, as well as a bunch of accesories, school supplies and a lot of food, i'm an elementary school teacher from mexico. The sweet smile of the grateful, well behaved children has no price.

Had this on Vhs in 1999, just a 9 year old around that time enjoying cartoons, that left me lasting memories into my adulthood. What year did anyone else remember seeing this...

I watched this whole thing through. My head instantly goes to Grimm's darker versions. When the Kids go to sleep, they die due to malnourishment. Their bodies float up to heaven, and when they wake up, they see a feast. Somewhere in Dreamland seems to me a darker version, and Parallels the story of The Little Match Girl. My mind sees this story interpretation through Grimms and Perrault's lens.

The scenery in Dreamland is impressive for its time! Did they use real scenery mixed with drawings? That's it? Amazing.

انا من المغرب واتذكر ابي واخوتي كانوا يأتون بشرائط فيديو لهذا الكرتون اتذكر هذه الحلقة تقريبا واستحضر تلك الايام الدافئة والجميلة

I used to watch this a lot as a kid.. we had it on a vhs tape full of looney tunes or old cartoons or something. I'm amazed i found it.. i used to always get so emotional watching it.

The mother has the same body type of Olive Oyl....this is after all a Fleischer cartoon!

Que maravilha de desenho adorei que tempos maravilhosos que não voltam mais 😢

Adolph Zukor lived to be 103. If you saw this as a kid in the 80s it would have brought tears to your eyes.

From Japan. I also watched think movie more than 45years ago. Very happy to watch again!

This cartoon means so much to me.

38y old, grew up with this on a VHS tape that my sis & I watched over and over... may have been one my mom taped from tv specials. It used to make me so sad even as a child... and now as an adult, it hits on so many different levels. :(

Thank you so much for sharing this oldie but goodie! My sister and I had a VHS tape (we’re 80s kids) with this and a handful of other classic cartoons on it and watched it all the time! The scene showing the mom crying after her son said he was still hungry AND him comforting her after seeing her reaction got me emotional as a little kid and hits another level now that I’m a mom of three. What a beautiful message - definitely showing this to my kiddos today!

This is my FAVORITE cartoon. It got me through some tough times as a kid and to this day I get emotional watching it. I think of it often and had to search to find it. No one ever knows what it is but that’s fine. It’s great to see others who love it just as much ❤

It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this. It’s always magical! ❤

Beautiful and appealing to people generosity and sense of humanity and mercy to help others.

As a kid this movie thought me to be grateful for what i was given .

Only legends with Great taste are here

Como os desenhos antigos eram mais bonitos e cheios de valores bons.

I first watched this in the 80s and now in 2022 I'm watching with my oldest son, why? So he can see that some people really don't have much. He knows but this is a good reminder. We'll watch Christmas comes but once a year next.

OMG See what appeared in the recommended videos. The last time I saw this cartoon was 24 years ago, I thought to a certain extent that this cartoon had never actually existed and that I had dreamed of it. What great memories :)

2:53 "Aww that's alright, I was only fooling" 🥺

Aww I recall watching this as a child, like many of you. I was absolutely mesmerized by this cartoon. 🥺And although I knew it was sad, I now know I had never fully grasped the enormity of this short story, til now, watching it as a full grown adult woman 😢 Glad there was a happy ending to the story as we know it. However we know that their story didn't end with the grand Christmas dinner 😓at least they had a wonderful happy Christmas ❤

01:58 Poor Olive, Popeye leave her with 2 kids.

This Cartoon made me cry😭 the poor mother and the poor Kids 😭

these are the kids who actually grows up being humble and are good souls .

I saw it on a MeTV Christmas special with Toon In with Me hosts Bill and Toony last night, but I don't remember much about it.

How our society is corrupt that with so much abundance on this earth, there are those who have to live in such a way. This cartoon is not fictional there are many who live this way. The sad part is that the earth could be a paradise an abundant garden producing so much food that there is no shortage of food across the world but the ignorance of the people, this is the result.

I love that the small business owners donated their hard work to provide a special moment for the children. They were so grateful they probably would have just been elated to see the ice cream. But they had a full turkey and presents waiting for them too.

This was on a VHS christmas collection I had as a kid- still love the cute story

I knew this existed LMAO I saw this as a kid and never forgot it