I recently viewed this lovely 400ft reel from CHC. I bought this one many years ago an to date i think i can only recall seeing it appear on second hand lists once.
This print is like new with excellent colours and good sound. This one often gets screened with our Christmas films each year but also a few times in between. Dont ask me why, but i do feel like this one is good for a Christmas show even though there is nothing in this short that has anything to do with Christmas.
With the help of wiki, here is the short plot of this film which is voiced by Paul McCartney (voice) – Rupert, Bill, Boy Frog, June Whitfield (voice) – Rupert's Mother and Windsor Davies (voice) – Rupert's Father, Edward, Father Frog.
Rupert decides to head off for a walk on the hills. With his Mother's blessing he sets off for a jolly trip, encountering his friends Edward Elephant and Bill Badger along the way, who are too busy to join him. As Rupert reaches a hill he props himself up against the trunk of an oak tree and enjoys the glory of the countryside. Suddenly he finds himself enveloped by a rainbow cloud of butterflies previously masquerading as leaves on the oak tree, and all of them swarm away from the leafless tree towards a rocky outcrop; Rupert cannot resist following them. As he leaves, a large white barn owl and two black cats decide to follow him.
Upon the rocks, Rupert finds a large number of multicoloured frogs. He walks into a cave behind a waterfall and sees three signs: "Frogs only beyond this point", "Everything except frogs must be kept on a lead", and "Guard frogs operating". He sneaks into the palace, trying to avoid getting caught by the frog guards. There, he witnesses the Frog Song, an event that occurs only once in a few hundred years in which various frogs of all shapes and sizes come together and sing "We All Stand Together". Around the end, the frog King and Queen rise out of the water before the crowd to finish off the song. After a thunderous applause from the frogs, the owl, who had followed Rupert to find out where the frogs were hiding, launches itself for an attack on the royals, but Rupert manages to warn the frogs in time and they all quickly retreat, leaving the owl and the cats empty-handed and the palace completely empty. After hearing his mother call him, Rupert excitedly rushes home to tell his family about what he saw.

Tom,
This is one I have never heard of before. I am curious if you know how Paul and Linda McCartney became involved in this production.
Looks like a very fun and colorful cartoon there and to me at least, it's always nice to have a variety of different things in the film collection...

Thanks Greg, yes i also like to have a variety of items in the collection, this one was written and produced Paul McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, based on the comic strip character Rupert the bear which was, (and is) very popular in this country. The making of Rupert and the Frog Song began in 1981 and ended in 1983. The film was released theatrically as an accompaniment to Paul McCartney's feature film Give My Regards to Broad Street. The song "We All Stand Together" from the film's soundtrack reached No. 3 when released in the music Chart. As it happens, (nothing to do with this film), i also have the vinyl single Rupert the bear sung by Jackie Lee which was the theme to the TV programme Rupert the bear.

You can view it here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWFRea-7yU

Always thought the theme for the TV version of Rupert was great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZ6Wt-9Zcc Jackie Lee also did White Horses a BBC shown usually in the summer holidays.

Quite like The Frog Song too. Plus it looks an excellent print.

Its a pretty good print David, the images i put up never really show how good the screen images are but they give a pretty good idea.