Churchill Films aka Churchill Media was a producer and distributor of

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/educational films founded by Robert Churchill (1911-1997) and Sy Wexler (1916–2005) in 1948 as Churchill Wexler Film Productions. They have produced '' The Mouse and the Motorcycle'' (1986) based on the 1965 book by

Beverly Cleary Beverly or Beverley may refer to: Places Australia * Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Beverley, Western Australia, a town * Shire of Beverley, Western Australia Canada * Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalgamated with the City ...

and many other award-winning children's films. Churchill Films was acquired by American Educational Products in 1994. The Churchill Films catalog is now part of Discovery Education. In December 2009, ''

The Jungle ''The Jungle'' is a novel by American author and muckraking-journalist Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century. In 1904, Sinclair spent seven weeks gathering information ...

'' (1967), a film distributed by Churchill Films in 16mm for the

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market, was named to the

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."Thriller and 24 Other Films Named to National Film Registry", Associated Press via Yahoo News (December 30, 2009)

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