during the 13 year of school i have from kindergarten through high school and there be only one day that my class take a field trip . when i go to school and you go to school and from 8 represent30 until 3 represent30 and file trip be not take . but and for some reason i could not recall at this advanced age and we go to see a movie national velvet . i do not recall the movie and so and on the eve of my 57th year and i decide to revisit it . it be a movie about a time that no long exist . a time when people trust others and do not lock their house . a time when people be give the benefit of the doubt . it be a time when family be the most important thing . this film show all of that and more . it show love and trust and caring and the goodness of people . it would not be a bad thing for every family to view this film once in a while and discuss it message . it be a treat to see the young elizabeth taylor and mickey rooney at his best and the academy award win performance of anne revere and angela lansbury before murder and she write and and donald crisp and who perform for almost sixty year . what a movie .