there was a movie or maybe one of the 'Night Galleries' or something I remember watching on tv sometime between 1971 and 1975.What I remember was a new teacher comes to a one room school and the children in the school shuffle their feet because they're afraid they'll fly away.I also remember that my mother did not want me watching this...and my sister and I found a way to watch it without being caught...can anyone help?

I'd say your best bet is if astral pops by and sees the description. He can usually figure these things out.

Ugh, this is a tough one. If it was an episode, then it's probably pretty foreign to me. Is there any other info you can remember?

no,I was a kid...between 6 and 10 at the time.I remember that it was in color.I really think it's a movie...but am checking all the night galleries,just in case.
I've been looking for info on this for years...I really doubt I'll find any!
Thanks for your help!

Well, broadkill, Night Gallery premiered as a 3-segment pilot on Saturday night, November 8, 1969, placing 8th overall for the night's airing with a 23.3 Nielsen score and winning Rod Serling an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his writing. This would prompt NBC to purchase RS's idea as a series installment within NBC's Four-In-One serial rotation (its prototype for the later NBC Mystery Movie serial rotation which featured McCloud, Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and Banacek), with NG's rotational period debuting on Wednesday night, December 16, 1970, at 10:00 p.m., and concluding with the 6th and final ep of season one airing on January 20, 1971, with the seg They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar earning an Emmy nomination for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year. Season 2 of NG debuted on September 15, 1971 and wrapped up with an ep which featured the 2 chilling segs The Caterpillar and Little Girl Lost, which aired on March 1, 1972, with Pickman's Model being nominated for an Emmy for its makeup design, and an Emmy nomination for the holiday seg The Messiah on Mott Street. Sadly, NG's 3rd season, due to its time slot, length and series focus being changed by mainly the network, and Universal in small measure, would be its last, with the eps being mangled for syndication use. Season 3 debuted on Sunday night, September 24, 1972, and wrapped up on May 27, 1973 with Hatred Unto Death, 2 segs of 18 which were really big turkeys, which meant that, with the 3-seg pilot film included in the front of the pack, you had 84 segs of 98 segs total which were of an impressive quality, certainly a level of quality high enough to win an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Rod Serling and earn 3 Emmy nominations, with 2 in season 2 alone. For further reference with regard to NG, bk, check out the board devoted to that series as it can give you a more in-depth analysis regarding the aspects having to do with the segs and the people involved in their production, and if you're interested in doing so, bk, feel free to try your hand at any of the 12 NG guessing games on the series board, as they should prove instrumental in provoking your train of thought. As to horror films of the early-70s, it begins with the Daniel Haller-directed adaptation of the Howard Phillips Lovecraft novel The Dunwich Horror , House of Dark Shadows, and other horror films made in 1970, the 1971 Don Siegel-directed, Jennings Lang-produced film adaptation of the Thomas Cullinan-penned, Southern Gothic novel set in the trans-Mississippi theater of operations in the Civil War titled The Beguiled, which dealt with the themes of incest, duplicity in relationships with the women perpetrated by the wounded Union infantryman, and the consequences of said duplicity which are ultimately visited upon the guy with Clint Eastwood playing the role of the wounded Union soldier, Corporal John McBurney, whose duplicity in his dealings with Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page), the superintendent of the farnsworth Seminary for Young Women, Edwina Dabney (Elizabeth Hartman), the chief instructor of the students enrolled there, Carol (Jo Ann Harris), the eldest, and Amy (Pamelyn Ferdin), the youngest of the students enrolled there, in addition to the other students and, of course, Nellie (Mae Mercer), Miss Farnsworth's servant, ultimately proves to be his fatal undoing, and in Edwina Dabney's case, she wasn't directly involved in Cpl. McBurney's punishment at the end, though she did share some direct involvement in his physical and psychological punishment in the middle of the film (shoving McBurney down the stairs after finding him in bed with Carol, resulting in his leg being injured from the fall that followed their argument and a subsequent amputation of that very same injured leg, supervised by Miss Farnsworth, ostensibly to save his life, but quite as likely as that reason, she (Miss Farnsworth) had that done for the reason of punishing McBurney (physically and psychologically, again) for not paying her an intimate bedtime visit). Other 1971 horror films include such examples as Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Night of Dark Shadows, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and others, and 1972 featured such horror offerings as Tales from the Crypt, The Creeping Flesh, The Return of Dr. Phibes, and several other examples of horror cinema, with 1973's cinematic contributions including Vault of Horror, Westworld, Arnold, The Legend of Hell House, and several other examples of horror cinema. 1974's contributions to horror cinema would include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Welcome to Arrow Beach (Laurence Harvey's last role as both an actor and a director), and several other films devoted to the genre of horror, and the list of early-70s horror films wraps up with such examples as Bug, Jaws, Race with the Devil, The Devil's Rain, and other horror films released that year. It's just a thought that I wished to express. Thanks for your indulgence. MartinKandell September 29, 2008

A little off-topic Martin? I'm sure the history of Night Gallery is fascinating, but it doesn't help our friend here with a name for a movie he's trying to find.

Could this even be one of those Ray Bradbury episodes? I'm positive it's not Night Gallery. Are you sure of the time frame, '71 to '75? To me it kind of sounds like Ray Bradbuy Theater or whatever that anthology series was called. I could be totally wrong here and I'm just throwing out suggestions.

I think it might be a TV movie called The People from 1972:

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors.

It has a scene in the woods where there is harmonica music and the kids all start to float around in the trees, after the teacher constantly tries to get the repressed kids to sing and play music.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069072/

And from wikipedia:

This science fiction film tells the story of Melodye Amerson, a young teacher who goes to a remote area to work with a group of individuals who have isolated themselves from civilization and maintained an independent community, vaguely similar to the Amish or a religious commune. Melodye is unnerved by the secretive behavior of her students, and the fact that all fun, games and activities she proposes are forbidden to them. Valancy (Diane Varsi), an elder in the community, advises Melodye to stay, because she senses that things are about to change in the valley, and Melodye herself is a part of that change.

Melodye soon discovers that the secluded and "backwards" residents are actually aliens with mild paranormal powers. A natural disaster destroyed their planet, and they are hoping to establish a life on Earth. Landing in the late 1800s, initially they shared their secret with local residents, but found themselves condemned as witches. Many were killed, and the survivors forbade their children ever to use their abilities, even with extreme discretion. Young adults like Valancy (and even some of the older people) have been pushing for an end to these restrictions.

Yeah, I knew astral could figure it out

Hey, astral, check the closing 3/4ths of yesterday's post, as it not only has nothing whatsoever to do with NG, but at the tail end of the opening part of said post it also says that bk should go to the NG board for further reference regarding that series, with, naturally enough, an admittedly shameless plug for all 12 of the NG guessing games on said board wrapping up the post's opening part. Regarding the topic at hand, the closing 3/4ths of yesterday's post lists many horror films of the early-70s, starting with those in 1970, as I've had the time to edit the entirety of said post with the purpose of clearing up bk's confusion in mind. It's strictly a thought that I wished to express. Thanks for your indulgence. MartinKandell September 30, 2008

WOW!Thank you!That SOUNDS like the movie...especially the floating children!I will check it out!
ok...just so you know...broadkill is a lady...lol(and Broadkill is a place...not an occupation)
and as for the time frame...yes I'm sure because I lived in the house that
I watched the movie in only until 1975/76 and it was on cable tv.
As for pushing Night Gallery...I have one on vhs that I cherish w/Roddy McDowel in it.I've been watching the others(AND The Others) on this channel.I'm loving seeing all the great shows I can't find anywhere else and am looking forward to Brimstone and American Gothic !