Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.
This is the first animated film based on Robert L. May's poem about the flying misfit reindeer who rescues Christmas by guiding Santa's sleigh through a blinding storm!
This version, produced and directed by Max Fleischer, preceded Gene Autry's 1949 song and the 1964 iconic stop motion animated TV special narrated by Burl Ives.
