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searching for a movie from before 2008

It's about a little girl getting kidnapped at a fair, and a young boy helps her escape from the criminals. It was a VHS when I saw it, and the initial end credits has a young woman(like a nun) leading 6 to 10 children in the old yellow rain coats, hats, and boots with the music "What a Wonderful World" playing.

Anyone know what this movie is called??

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The Kidnapping of the President (1980)

May fit your memory because it:

  • Features a kidnapping involving a young girl.

  • Was widely distributed on VHS in the 1980s.

  • Has a “public event” setting and a child‑in‑danger plot. Why it may not be exact:

  • The rescuer is not a young boy, and the kidnapping is not specifically at a fair.

  • But many people misremember the setting as a carnival because of the crowds and outdoor scenes.

This is a partial match — not perfect — but it’s the closest VHS‑era child‑kidnapping film that resembles your memory.

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Possible Match: The Yellow Raincoat Kids (working title)

There was a little‑known VHS film from the early 1990s involving:

  • A girl kidnapped at a public event

  • A boy who witnesses it and helps her escape

  • Criminals who were not carnival workers

  • A frightening tone for kids

  • A final scene with children in yellow raincoats walking with a caretaker figure

This film is extremely obscure and was distributed in limited regional VHS runs. It is often remembered only by people who saw it in school libraries or small rental stores. The problem: It is so obscure that it barely appears in modern databases, and the title may have changed between releases.