Walt Disney Treasures

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The "Walt Disney Treasures" are two-disc DVD sets of classic Disney works, covering work from the studio's earliest days to more recent work.

There have been six waves of the DVDs, each comprising three or four different sets (for a total of 22 different titles).

First released on Region 1 DVDs on December 4, 2001 as part of Walt Disney's 100th birthday, the sets have been released in limited edition packaging, with many now unavailable new. Only a small handful of these titles have been sold outside of Region 1.

The DVD sets were the idea of film critic/historian Leonard Maltin[1], who appears on each set to introduce the DVDs, and to provide historical context to some of the more dated (or, more to the point, politically incorrect) works.

Contents

[edit] Wave One (Released December 4, 2001)

[edit] Mickey Mouse In Living Color

This set covers the first leg of Mickey Mouse's color career, from 1935 to 1938. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 3 May 2004. In the UK it was retitled 'Mickey Mouse In Living Colour' due to differences with British English and American English.

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  • Bonus Features
    • Mickey In Living Color with Leonard Maltin: A short biography of sorts on the early portion of Mickey's cartoon career.
    • Mickey's Surprise Party: Easter egg bonus short from 1939, this cartoon was created for the 1939 New York World's Fair and was sponsored by Nabisco.

[edit] Silly Symphonies

This set is more or less descriptive of "The Best of the Silly Symphonies", with the cartoons presented herein arranged by theme. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 3 May 2004. Unlike the U.S. release, this has the original 'Jewish peddler' visuals restored to Three Little Pigs.

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  • Additional cartoons (via Easter eggs)
    • Farmyard Symphony
  • Bonus Features
    • Songs of the Silly Symphonies: Leonard Maltin meets with Richard M. Sherman to discuss some of the Silly Symphonies' songs, including "The World Owes Me a Livin'" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".
    • Silly Symphony Souvenirs: Leonard Maltin meets with Dave Smith at the Walt Disney Archives to discuss and describe some of the many merchandises about the series (including several alone of the Three Little Pigs).
    • Still Galleries: A gallery of various behind-the-scenes and promotional pictures of the Silly Symphony series.

[edit] Disneyland, USA

This set depicts various episodes of the TV's longest running prime-time series that take place within / are about Disneyland.

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  • The Disneyland Story: First aired on October 27, 1954, this is the very first episode of Disney’s long-running anthology series. First, the viewers are treated to a quick tour of the Walt Disney Studios, and introduced to Walt Disney's newest venture -- a theme park called Disneyland. Future episodes are also previewed (and they would parallel the themes of the lands in the park), as well as a little history on Disney's first success, Mickey Mouse. Several animated films are featured (some in whole, others in part): Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland (which is also the next episode of the show, as previewed at the end of the show), the "Laughing Place" segment from Song of the South, Lonesome Ghosts, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia.
  • Dateline Disneyland: Aired on July 17, 1955, this is the opening day special of the park, hosted by Art Linkletter, movie and TV actor Robert Cummings and actor and U.S. President-to-be Ronald Reagan. The opening festivities showed off the various sections of the park, complete with a grand parade up Main Street and it also featured appearances by well-known celebrities and dignitaries including then-California governor Goodwin Knight, Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen (as Davy Crockett and George Russell, respectively), Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dr. Heinz Haber, Danny Thomas and Gale Storm. Unfortunately, however, the telecast had more than its share of bloopers and miscues. For instance, during the opening parade, Fess as Davy Crockett, was introduced as Cinderella. In Frontierland, actress Irene Dunne, who was to christen the Mark Twain Riverboat, commented to Linkletter about a big crowd boarding the boat, "My, it's listing!" Also, Dunne mistakenly called Linkletter, "Walt." Also in Frontierland, the camera cuts to Robert Cummings at one point, who is obviously unprepared because he is busy putting the moves on a female Disneyland cast member. In Fantasyland, Art mistakenly referred to Captain Hook as "Captain Crew". But the most memorable screw-up happened in front of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, in which Linkletter lost his microphone in front of that attraction.

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  • Disneyland After Dark: This episode aired originally in 1962 as part of Disney's Wonderful World of Color and was later released in overseas theaters as a short subject. As the name of the episode implies, we’re presented with a view of Disneyland at night, hosted by Walt Disney himself. Although it does feature some nighttime entertainment, including a fireworks display (complete with a really-for-real Tinker Bell flying across the sky) and Tahitian dancers performing for Adventureland dinner patrons, this episode focuses less on Disneyland itself and more on the number of singing celebrities at the different sections of the park, including the Osmond Brothers, former Mouseketeers Annette Funicello and Bobby Burgess, teen heartthrob Bobby Rydell and the late, great Louis Armstrong.
  • Bonus Features:
    • Still Gallery: This gallery shows off images of various Disneyland attractions' posters, past and present.
    • The Magic Kingdom and the Magic of Television: Although most of the content of this mini-history of Disneyland is repeated from other intros on these discs with a montage of clips from all the episodes presented, it does feature some nuggets of information about Walt's view of the park as a tribute to Americana, his aspirations for the park to have the latest in technology and even a few world leaders that had visited the park (and one that wanted to but later couldn’t).

[edit] Davy Crockett

This set contains the original five episodes of Davy Crockett which were first shown on the Disneyland TV show from 1954-1955.

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  • Davy Crockett Indian Fighter: First aired December 15, 1954
  • Davy Crockett Goes to Congress: First aired January 26, 1955
  • Davy Crockett at the Alamo: First aired February 23, 1955

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  • Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race: First aired November 16, 1955
  • Davy Davy Crockett and the River Pirates: First aired December 14, 1955
  • Bonus Features:
    • "A Conversation with Fess Parker"
    • "The Davy Crockett Craze"
    • Easter Egg: "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
    • Still Gallery

[edit] Wave Two (Released December 3, 2002)

[edit] Mickey Mouse In Black and White

This set displays a variety of Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts released in black and white.

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  • 1929
    • The Karnival Kid
    • Mickey's Follies
  • 1930
  • 1931
    • The Birthday Party
    • Mickey Steps Out
    • Blue Rhythm
    • Mickey Cuts Up
    • Mickey's Orphans
  • 1932
    • The Duck Hunt
    • Mickey's Revue
    • Mickey's Nightmare
    • The Whoopee Party
    • Touchdown Mickey
    • The Klondike Kid
  • Bonus Features
    • Frank and Ollie... and Mickey: A fascinating interview between Maltin and two of the most legendary Disney artists of all time, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Even though they joined the Disney team towards the end of Mickey's days in black and white, they have a lot to say about what the character meant to them, both before and during their days with Disney.
    • Two Story Scripts: These scripts first provide a look at a complete panel and then a close-up of the text and the picture on each panel. The two scripts are for "Steamboat Willie" and "Mickey Steps Out".
    • Story Sketches: Various story sketch sequences from some of the cartoons presented on this disc.
    • The Mickey Mouse Club: Easter egg bonus involving the Mickey Mouse Club, not the more familiar TV show of the 1950s, but an actual club popping up across the nation. This supplement takes viewers inside those club meetings via a newsreel profiling them during the era. There's also a short that was created by Disney exclusively for these clubs: a sing-along to "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" with Mickey Mouse, complete with a second verse.

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  • 1933
    • Building a Building
    • The Mad Doctor
    • Ye Olden Days
    • The Mail Pilot
    • Mickey's Gala Premiere
    • Puppy Love
    • The Pet Store
    • Giantland
  • 1935
    • Mickey's Service Station
  • Bonus Features
    • Pencil Test From The Mail Pilot: The cartoon short played in the preliminary pencil phase.
    • Story Sketches: More story sketch sequences from some of the cartoons presented on this disc.
    • Poster Gallery: A variety of posters of many of the cartoons presented on this set.

[edit] The Complete Goofy

This set provides a look at all of the cartoons involving the career of Goofy except for; How to Ride a Horse (1941), Freewayphobia (1965), and Goofy's Freeway Trouble (1965).

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  • 1940
    • Goofy's Glider
  • 1943
    • Victory Vehicles
  • 1944
    • How To Be a Sailor
    • How To Play Golf
    • How To Play Football
  • 1946
    • A Knight For a Day
    • Double Dribble
  • 1947
    • Foul Hunting
  • 1948
    • They're Off
    • The Big Wash
  • Bonus Features
    • The Essential Goof: Using a montage of clips from the various Goofy shorts on this set, the analysis of the character, as spoken by the one who originally drew him, Art Babbitt (who also created the Big Bad Wolf and the balletic mushrooms in Fantasia) is repeated here. You can view the entire analysis on the article on Goofy by clicking here. Incidentally, Art's narration is actually spoken by Earl Boen.
    • The Man Behind the Goof: A mini-biography about the original voice of Goofy, Pinto Colvig. This biography reveals that in his youth, Colvig loved to travel with the circus, where he'd perform as a clown. He spent much of his life at Disney where in addition to voicing Goofy, he'd also voiced Pluto, the Practical Pig, the Grasshopper in The Grasshopper and the Ants (where Colvig, as the grasshopper, sang "The World Owes Me a Livin'", which he'd later add to Goofy) and two of the Seven Dwarfs (specifically, Grumpy and Sleepy). He also left Disney temporarily to voice Gabby at Max Fleischer's studios, but later returned to Disney where he'd spend the rest of his life voicing Goofy. He also was the original Bozo the Clown for Capitol Records on records, radio and television.

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  • 1949
    • Tennis Racquet
    • Goofy Gymnastics
  • 1951
    • Lion Down
    • Home Made Home
    • Cold War
    • Tomorrow We Diet
    • Get Rich Quick
    • Fathers Are People
    • No Smoking
  • 1952
    • Father's Lion
    • Hello, Aloha
    • Man's Best Friend
    • Two-Gun Goofy
    • Teachers Are People
    • Two Weeks Vacation
    • How To Be a Detective
  • 1953
    • Father's Day Off
    • For Whom the Bulls Toil
    • Father's Week End
    • How To Dance
    • How To Sleep
  • Bonus Features
    • A Conversation With Goofy's Voice: Bill Farmer: As the title implies, Maltin interviews the present voice of Goofy, Bill Farmer, who had been voicing Goofy since 1986. Farmer reveals his origins and how he came to voice Goofy. It is revealed that Farmer had voiced Goofy in more than 3000 different Disney projects, not only cartoons, but also albums, telephones, commercials and many others.
    • Poster Gallery: Many of the posters of the Goofy shorts are presented here. Curiously, Maltin does not provide commentary as he usually does on the sets; instead, it's Goofy who provides the occasional comment/exclamation.
    • Memorabilia Gallery: This gallery shows off various Goofy memorabilia, such as books and albums. Maltin does do the commentary here.
    • Goofy Through the Years Gallery: This gallery reveals storyboard sketches, animation drawings and background paintings of many of the Goofy shorts presented. Again, Maltin does not provide commentary; once again, it's Goofy.

[edit] Behind the Scenes At the Walt Disney Studios

This set covers the process of producing films at the Walt Disney Studios, as well as tour the studios themselves.

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  • A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios: This short film, made by Disney from the request of Disney's distributor at the time, RKO Radio, was included on the Snow White Platinum DVD. This film talks about the promoting of the film in general, as well as give an inside look on the inner workings of the Disney Studio, which back in the 1930s was on Hyperion Avenue. Viewers not only got to see the process of making Disney cartoons, but also the faces of some of the artists who brought them to life, many of whom went on to become famous animation legends.
  • How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made: This film, also released as part of the Snow White DVD, is a more family-friendly version of A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios, as well as be used as an even bigger way of promoting Snow White.
  • The Reluctant Dragon: The crown jewel of this disc, this film shows off actor and humorist Robert Benchley as he wanders the new and improved Disney Studios in Burbank to try and sell Walt the idea of making a film of Kenneth Grahame's book, The Reluctant Dragon. He explores an art class, dialogue stage, sound effects stage, multiplane camera department, the paint department and finally, the story and animation departments until finally he discovers Disney has finished the cartoon version of his story.
  • Bonus Features
    • Leonard Maltin's Studio Tours: Actually, Maltin does not provide a tour of the studio; instead, he provides a history of the place, from the days of the Alice Comedies right up to the present day.
    • Behind the Boards of Baby Weems: A rare interview with long-time Disney storyman and artist Joe Grant. Maltin discusses how Grant got his start at the studio and the unusual story-reel format of the "Baby Weems" short seen in The Reluctant Dragon. Grant reveals that "Weems" and the "Dragon" shorts from the film were both originally considered for full-length theatrical releases, but ultimately didn’t warrant the longer running time.
    • The Reluctant Dragon Gallery: Several black and white stills in this gallery reveal the promotional shots of the film and its actors.
    • Studio Gallery: A gallery showing off photos of the old Hyperion lot.

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  • The Plausible Impossible: On this 1956 episode of the anthology series, Walt explains how his animators make the impossible seem realistic through various cartoons with Mickey and Donald. This episode also includes a pencil-test form of one scene from Snow White that was ultimately not used in the final film.
  • Tricks of Our Trade: On this 1957 episode of the anthology series, Walt dwells on how animators study real life to create their illustrations. Examples are given from Fantasia on following a live ballerina to draw the animals' movements in Dance of the Hours, and copying actual bubbles to produce the boiling lava in Rite of Spring. The groundbreaking multiplane camera is shown off, demonstrating how it is used to mimic real landscapes, since plain animated backgrounds seem to be too plain and create a false effect.
  • Bonus Features
    • Kem Weber Gallery: This gallery has architectural concept art for the Burbank lot.
    • Tour of the Disney Studio: This is a rare half-hour radio broadcast from Australia in 1946, in which studio personnel Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Eric Larson and Walt himself offer general information on the making of the animated films at the time.

[edit] Wave Three (Released May 18, 2004)

The third wave of the collection was originally planned to be released in December 2003, but was delayed for almost half a year in order to meet an increased demand with a higher number of tins produced.

[edit] Mickey Mouse In Living Color, Volume 2

This set picks up from where "Mickey In Color, Volume One" leaves off. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 4 April 2005. Like the first volume, it was retitled 'Mickey Mouse In Living Colour' in the UK due to differences with British English and American English.

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  • 1939
    • Society Dog Show
    • The Pointer
  • 1940
    • Tugboat Mickey
    • Pluto's Dream House
    • Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
  • 1942
    • Mickey's Birthday Party
    • Symphony Hour
  • 1947
    • Mickey's Delayed Date
  • 1948
    • Mickey Down Under
    • Mickey and the Seal
  • 1951
    • Plutopia
    • R'Coon Dawg
  • 1952
    • Pluto's Party
    • Pluto's Christmas Tree
  • Bonus Features
    • The Sorcerer's Apprentice: This segment features not only the full cartoon from Fantasia (however, the closing segment of Mickey shaking hands with conductor Leopold Stokowski is cut here), but also a deleted scene which showed (in pencil tests) an alternate sequence of Mickey attacking the broom with an axe (whereas in the finished product, viewers only see the shadows of the both of them, originally Mickey and the broom were supposed to be seen wholly).
    • Mickey and the Beanstalk: The entire sequence from Fun and Fancy Free, complete with the intertwined live action footage of Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten and Bergen's two ventriloquist dummies, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
    • Walt Disney's Standard Parade For 1939: Easter egg bonus about a promotion made specifically for Standard Oil dealers. First, it starts with a whirlwind history of Disney's breakthroughs in animation with Steamboat Willie, Flowers and Trees, The Three Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as show off a host of honors bestowed upon Disney. Then it is followed by a brief short scene in which many of Disney's characters up until 1939 parade by holding signs displaying advertising opportunities. This scene is similar in animation to Disney's 1932 Academy Awards parade, which was shown as a bonus feature on the "Mickey In Color, Volume One" set.
    • Walt Disney Performing the Voice of Mickey: Another Easter egg bonus feature, this black and white clip begins with Billy Bletcher, the voice of Black Pete, performing a couple of lines repeatedly. Then it shows Walt himself reading as Mickey Mouse with Bletcher. The dialogue is for the short "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip".

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  • Bonus Features
    • Mickey's Cartoon Comeback: Maltin goes into Disney's Animation Research Library and interview animators Mark Henn and Andreas Deja and they reveal their first exposures to animation and Mickey, too. Modern animators are compared with the animators of the early Mickey Mouse shorts, trendsetters to whom there was no opportunity to study animation.
    • The Voice Behind the Mouse: Maltin meets up with the current voices of Mickey and Minnie, Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor. They talk about the characteristics of Mickey and Minnie that they see in themselves. They compare how Mickey's voice changed over the years, even within Walt Disney's run of doing the voice. Allwine and Taylor consider how Walt would probably embrace new technologies of today. Allwine does most of the talking, sharing anecdotes and touching on a wide array of other subjects related to Disney animation. Taylor, his real-life wife, recalls how she prepared for her Minnie audition.
    • Mouse Mania: A stop-motion segment that aired as part of a primetime TV special for Mickey's 50th Anniversary in 1978. Mike Jittlov, who had established himself in stop-motion, made this short, set inside a psychiatrist's office. It's extremely weird in a good way. Mickey figures and an assortment of other Disneyana, bell-bottomed men, and fast-tempoed electronic music (it's Baroque Hoedown, the same music used in the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Disney parks) are all rapidly blended in a nearly incoherent fashion.
    • Mickey's Cartoon Physics: This segment is from a 1956 episode of the Walt Disney anthology series known as The Plausible Impossible (which can be viewed in its entirety on the "Behind the Scenes" set from Wave 2). Herein, Walt discusses how impossible action can seem real in animation if there is some factual basis. We see why it makes sense for a cow's bell to ring when you pull its tail, how Mickey stretches and squishes when going up in an elevator, and a couple of other demonstrations from cartoons.
    • Tricks of Our Trade: Another segment from another anthology series episode: a 1957 episode entitled Tricks of Our Trade. Walt discusses three-dimensionality in cel animation, using the multi-plane camera. Like The Plausible Impossible, this episode can be viewed in its entirety on "Behind the Scenes".
    • Mickey Meets the Maestro: A behind-the-scenes featurette on the meeting of Mickey and conductor James Levine in Fantasia 2000.
    • Mickey Mouse Club Intro: The original opening sequence of The Mickey Mouse Club is shown in color. There are five different 25-second openings; one for each day of the week, each with a different theme. Also, contrary to popular belief, Walt did not stop voicing Mickey after Fun and Fancy Free; The Mickey Mouse Club was that last time, instead.
    • The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol: A thorough and informative featurette from the '80s. It satisfactorily covers the filmmakers' approach to the material, such as how they assigned Disney's cartoon stars to Dickens' characters, and how they assigned animators to characters. Producer/director Burny Mattinson, animators Glen Keane and David Block, and some of the voice talent are interviewed. Also shown is a bit of a history of Mickey and Donald.
    • Publicity and Memorabilia Gallery: This gallery shows posters and advertisements on the Mickey shorts on this set.
    • Story and Background Gallery: Sketches from some of Mickey's shorts are depicted, as are comments on costumes, supporting characters, and how Mickey's changed over the years.

[edit] The Chronological Donald

This set covers the first leg of Donald Duck's long career, starting from 1934 to 1941. This was one of the few "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States, on 4 April 2005.

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  • 1939
    • Donald's Lucky Day
    • Hockey Champ
    • Donald's Cousin Gus
    • Beach Picnic
    • Sea Scouts
    • Donald's Penguin
    • The Autograph Hound
    • Officer Duck
  • Bonus Features
    • Publicity and Memorabilia Gallery: This gallery features several images of Donald Duck on print, including posters, advertisements, comics and magazine covers. Many images are cover shots of the Mickey Mouse Magazine (later known as Walt Disney's Comics and Stories), all used to help chart the intensifying popularity of Donald.
    • The Story and Background Gallery: This background displays animation sketches (mostly storyboards) and background paintings from several Donald cartoons found on this set.
    • Clip from The Reluctant Dragon: Easter egg bonus of a clip from The Reluctant Dragon. Herein, Robert Benchley enters an orchestra room and witnesses Clarence Nash and Florence Gill performing the voices of Donald and Clara Cluck, respectively. Afterwards, Nash teaches Benchley how to talk like Donald with excellent results. Benchley also wonders if Nash could also talk like a dragon.

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  • 1940
    • The Riveter
    • Donald's Dog Laundry
    • Billposters
    • Mr. Duck Steps Out
    • Put-Put Troubles
    • Donald's Vacation
    • Window Cleaners
    • Fire Chief
  • 1941
    • Timber
    • Golden Eggs
    • A Good Time For a Dime
    • Early To Bed
    • Truant Officer Donald
    • Old MacDonald Duck
    • Donald's Camera
    • Chef Donald
  • Bonus Features
    • The Man Behind the Duck: A mini-biography about the original voice and alter ego of Donald, Clarence "Ducky" Nash, who had voiced Donald for 50 years. Nash lucked out and was hired for his unique whistle. This biography reveals that, in addition to Donald, Nash also voiced other Disney ducks, as well as did minor voices in Bambi and 101 Dalmatians.
    • The Volunteer Worker: Easter egg bonus of an additional short dating from 1940. In this cartoon, Donald goes from door to door trying to collect money for charity, but to no avail when every door he visits slams in his face. His frustrations lead him to the personal testimony of a man he meets on the street who had once benefited from charities himself.
    • Clip from The Reluctant Dragon: Another easter egg bonus of another clip from The Reluctant Dragon, shown in color (the first Dragon bonus was in black and white). This time, Robert Benchley visits the camera department and gets a lesson on how cartoons come to life, courtesy of Donald himself.

[edit] On the Front Lines

This set covers all the various cartoons from that were themed to World War II.

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  • Propaganda and Entertainment
    • Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
    • The Army Mascot (1942)
    • The Vanishing Private (1942)
    • Sky Trooper (1942)
    • Private Pluto (1943)
    • Fall Out - Fall In (1943)
    • Victory Vehicles (1943)
    • The Old Army Game (1943)
    • Home Defense (1943)
    • How To Be a Sailor (1944)
    • Commando Duck (1944)
  • Educational Shorts
    • Thrifty Pig (1941)
    • Seven Wise Dwarfs (1941)
    • Food Will Win the War (1942)
    • Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Firing Line (1942)
    • Donald's Decision (1942)
    • All Together (1942)
    • The New Spirit (1942)
    • The Spirit of '43 (1943)
    • The Winged Scourge (1943)
    • Defense Against Invasion (1943)
    • The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1943)
    • Cleanliness Brings Health (1945)
    • What Is Disease? (AKA The Unseen Enemy) (1946)
    • Planning For Good Eating (1946)

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  • Victory Through Air Power: This World War II film, meant to send a message rather than entertain, is adapted from a book by Russian-born Major Alexander P. de Seversky. It starts out with a brief but interesting history of airplanes, starting with the Wright Brothers' first flight in Kittyhawk. We see aviation being explored by various nations for various purposes and then airplanes put to limited use in World War I, followed by a series of successes in flight, before finally moving on to World War II. The film talks about the history of Major de Seversky, who later explains about how the advent of aircraft spells change in the face of traditional warfare. It then goes on to explain how the Allies chose not to embrace the use of air power and instead, used old-fashioned methods of warfare to battle the Axis powers, who used aircraft to do their dirty work. The point the film makes is that the only way for the Allies to secure victory over the robust Axis is to make heavy use of military aviation, because, as we're told, fighting on the surface puts the advantage in the hands of Adolf Hitler.
  • Training Shorts
    • Four Methods of Flush Riveting: This film, produced under the direction of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, a neighbor of the Disney studios, uses cheap, quick animation to provide the lowdown on flush riveting.
    • Stop That Tank: This film, made for Canada, begins with an interesting cartoon showing Hitler (depicted as a ranting madman speaking in phony German) and an armada of tanks trying to invade a peaceful-looking village, only to be fought off by a barrage of gunfire from anti-tank guns, so much so that it sends Hitler to Hell. The rest of this short is a dry and technical explanation and description of the Boys Anti-Tank Rifle. Just like the previous short, animation is limited.
    • Training Film Montage: Narrated by Maltin, this segment contains various clips from the many training films Disney made for the military, including one film that was restricted, because it contained formulas to mix a glue that could be used to create weather-sealed patches on wooden airplanes. This film contains a wide spectrum of instructional films and Maltin also describes the different animation methods used for these works.
  • Bonus Features
    • On the Set of Victory Through Air Power: This film contains rare behind-the-scene footage of the 1943 film.
    • Victory Through Air Power Trailer: A look at how this film was promoted to audiences.
    • Galleries
      • Production Art Gallery: This gallery depicts art from many of the cartoons on the first disc. They are all a blend of black and white sketches, color sketches and background paintings.
      • Victory Through Air Power Gallery: A lot of images, divided into four sections (Visual Development, Story, Backgrounds and Publicity), are depicted.
      • The Gremlins Gallery: A few images on an interesting collaboration between Walt Disney and children's author Roald Dahl. Dahl's first book was to be the first adapted into a feature film, too. But the project was scrapped after Dahl was disappointed by the conceptual artwork and Walt Disney couldn't secure copyrights to the term "Gremlins".
      • Poster Gallery: Various attention-grabbing messages depicted on posters in this gallery.
      • Dispatches From Disney's: A disregarded publication.
      • Joe Grant's Sketchbook: Artwork from the Disney character designer and animator.
      • Insignia Gallery: Various Disney insignias and logos used for the war effort.
    • A Conversation With John Hench: Maltin meets with the longest-term Disney employee, who discusses how after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Burbank studio was instantly turned into a base for the military.
    • A Conversation With Joe Grant: Maltin meets with the longtime Disney animator and storyman, who compares the modern American terror situation to World War II. Grant discusses the changes he saw at the Disney studio once uniformed men showed up. He also lends some insight to the shorts Der Fuehrer's Face, The New Spirit, Education For Death, Reason and Emotion and Victory Through Air Power. He also touches upon the subject of working with Dick Huemer.
    • A Conversation With Roy Disney: Walt's nephew recalls his boyhood memories of the Disney studio during the war and also touches on the Disney insignia's popularity and his own method of promoting Victory Through Air Power.

[edit] Tomorrow Land

This set depicts the various episodes of the anthology series that were set in Tomorrowland, many of the episodes directed by legendary Disney animator Ward Kimball.

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  • Man In Space: This Disneyland episode, narrated partly by Kimball, talks briefly about the lighthearted history of rockets and is followed by discussions of satellites, a practical look (through humorous animation) at what spacemen will have to face in a rocket (both physically and psychologically, such as momentum, weightlessness, radiation, even space sickness) and a rocket takeoff into space.
  • Man and the Moon: This Disneyland episode depicts all about the Moon. It begins with a humorous look with Man's fascination with the Moon through animation. This segment features the Moon's usage in everything from William Shakespeare and children's nursery rhymes to lunar superstitions and scientific research. Then Kimball comes on with some information on the moon, supplemented by graphics. Kimball then introduces Dr. Wernher Von Braun, who discusses plans for a trip around the moon. Finally, a live action simulation from inside and outside a rocket dramatizes what such an expedition might be like.
  • Mars and Beyond: This Disneyland episode talks all about the possibility of life on other planets, especially Mars. It also tells of how a trip to Mars will be accomplished and how a trip of that type would entail to spacemen. Narration is courtesy of the great Paul Frees, who does most of the voices in this episode as well.

[edit] Disc two

  • Eyes In Outer Space: Like Mars and Beyond, the narrator is Paul Frees. The focus here is the weather. It discusses weather superstitions, water and how it changes form and satellites and weather predictions.
  • Our Friend the Atom: This Disneyland episode talks about the history of the atom, hosted by Dr. Heinz Haber, who compares the discovery of the atom to an Arabian Nights fable of The Fisherman and the Genie. He uses well-known theories, formulas and experiments to discuss the atom, such as E=mc² and a light beam passing through a gold sheet. He illustrates chain reactions in nuclear fission using a table filled with mousetraps represents the atoms and pingpong balls stand in for the new neutrons created from the split.
  • EPCOT: This is a promotional film from 1966, in which Walt reveals his plans for his Disney World project in Florida, speaking enthusiastically about EPCOT, not the high-octane, Tomorrowland-type theme park of today, but rather "an experimental prototype community that will always be in a state of becoming," in the words of Walt. The film details transportation plans for EPCOT, calling for three levels of transportation, with a high-speed monorail and a WEDWAY People Mover at the highest level. Sadly, Walt died just two months after this was filmed.
  • Bonus Features
    • The Optimistic Futurist: Maltin meets with author Ray Bradbury on Walt and his creations. Bradbury discusses Disney's optimism, his vision, and his achievements in television and parks.
    • Marty Sklar, Walt and EPCOT: Maltin interviews Marty Sklar, a longtime Disney employee and Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering. Sklar discusses Walt as a visionary, plus "Tomorrowland" the program and the section at Disneyland, especially the latter, since Sklar seems to practically be an authority on Disney parks.
    • Publicity and Publication Gallery: This gallery contains ad materials for "Man In Space"'s theatrical release as a featurette (it accompanied Davy Crockett and the River Pirates), plus Disney's high-class companion books to the series.
    • Behind the Scenes Gallery: This gallery shows off pictures of the creative talent behind the Tomorrowland programs.
    • Story and Background Art Gallery: This gallery contains stills, TV storyboards and conceptual art from Man In Space, Man and the Moon and Mars and Beyond.
    • The Sherman Brothers Performing "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow": Easter egg bonus begins by showing Richard and Robert Sherman performing the song with Walt himself. Walt then addresses the recipients of the song, the General Electric Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

[edit] Wave Four (Released December 7, 2004)

[edit] Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume 2

This set covers the remaining Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts released in black and white.

[edit] Disc one

  • 1928
    • The Barn Dance
  • 1929
    • The Opry House
    • When the Cat's Away
    • The Barnyard Battle
    • The Plowboy
    • Mickey's Choo-Choo
    • The Jazz Fool
    • Jungle Rhythm
    • Wild Waves
  • 1930
    • Just Mickey
    • The Barnyard Concert
    • The Cactus Kid
    • The Shindig
    • The Picnic
  • 1931
    • Traffic Troubles
    • The Castaway
    • Fishin' Around
    • The Beach Party
    • The Barnyard Broadcast
  • 1932
    • The Mad Dog
    • Barnyard Olympics
  • Bonus Features
    • Mickey Mania: Collecting Mickey Merchandise: Maltin visits Bernie Shine, collector extraordinaire. They discuss what makes Mickey so appealing, then Shine takes us on a tour of his vast amassing of Mickey memorabilia from all over the globe, most of it dating back to the 1920s and 30s.
    • Mickey's Portrait Artist: John Hench: Maltin interviews famed Disney artist John Hench about Mickey. Hench was the man in charge of painting Mickey for his birthdays throughout the years.

[edit] Disc two

  • 1932
    • The Musical Farmer
    • Trader Mickey
    • The Wayward Canary
  • 1933
    • Mickey's Pal Pluto
    • Mickey's Mechanical Man
  • 1934
    • Playful Pluto
    • Mickey's Steamroller
    • Mickey Plays Papa
  • 1935
    • Mickey's Kangaroo
  • From the Vault
    • Haunted House (1929)
    • The Moose Hunt (1931)
    • The Delivery Boy (1931)
    • The Grocery Boy (1932)
    • Mickey In Arabia (1932)
    • Mickey's Good Deed (1932)
    • Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)
    • The Steeplechase (1933)
    • Shanghaied (1934)
    • Mickey's Man Friday (1935)
  • Bonus Features
    • Galleries
      • Background Paintings: Backgrounds of the various cartoon shorts on this set
      • Animation Drawings: Drawings of the same cartoons, animating and storyboard
      • Mickey's Poster Archive: Posters for many of the shorts shown on this set
      • Mickey Mouse Fully Covered: Various merchandise covers, such as books, magazines and records
    • Mickey's Sunday Funnies: This section shows off the comic strips of the many Mickey adventures, complete with a biography of creator Floyd Gottfredson.

[edit] The Complete Pluto

This set covers the first half of Pluto's career.

[edit] Disc one

  • 1935
    • On Ice
  • 1937
    • Pluto's Quin-puplets
  • 1939
    • Beach Picnic
  • 1940
    • Bone Trouble
  • 1941
    • Pluto's Playmate
    • Canine Caddy
    • Lend a Paw
  • 1942
    • Pluto, Junior
    • The Army Mascot
    • The Sleepwalker
    • T-Bone For Two
    • Pluto At the Zoo
  • Bonus Features
    • The Life and Times of Pluto: An interesting but too brief analysis of Pluto as a character. Maltin discusses the dog with current animator Andreas Deja, long-time animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, and animation historian John Canemaker.
    • Pluto 101: Maltin again meets with Deja, who speaks about the value of studying classic cartoon shorts to aid in his ability to animate successfully. He then takes Leonard to the drawing board, where he shows how to bring Pluto to life from just one circle, the way he did in a sequence for the 1990 featurette The Prince and the Pauper.

[edit] Disc two

  • 1945
    • Dog Watch
    • Canine Casanova
    • The Legend of Coyote Rock
    • Canine Patrol
  • 1947
    • Pluto's Housewarming
  • From the Vault
    • Pantry Pirate
    • A Gentleman's Gentleman
  • Bonus Features
    • Pluto's Picture Book: This is the second half of the Disneyland episode, A Story of Dogs, which was aired as part of a promotion for Lady and the Tramp (the making of which the first half of this episode covers). The second half of this episode talks about Disney's first canine star, using a picture book, from which Pluto leaps and into which Pluto looks while Walt narrates and we get a look at some of the highlights of Pluto's career.
    • Pluto's Pal Fergy: This is a mini-biography about "the man behind the mutt": Norman Ferguson, who helped bring the dog to life. This talks about Ferguson not only creating Pluto, but also some of the other things at Disney he did.
    • Galleries
      • Pluto On Paper: Several Pluto comic strips are shown, as are Pluto book and magazine covers. The comics are designed masterfully so one can actually read along frame by frame.
      • Pluto's Posters: Posters for many of the cartoons presented on this set are depicted.
      • Background Paintings: The backdrops for a small handful of the cartoons presented are shown.
      • Animation Drawings: A host of drawings, storyboard and otherwise, for the same small handful of cartoons as in the "Background Paintings" section.

[edit] The Mickey Mouse Club

This set contains the first week of the Mickey Mouse Club program, originally broadcast October 3-7 1955.

[edit] Disc one

  • Fun With Music Day (Monday)
  • Guest Star Day (Tuesday)
  • Anything Can Happen Day (Wednesday)
  • Bonus Features
    • The Leader of the Club
    • Galleries
      • Inside the Clubhouse
      • Spreading the Word: Mouseke-Promotion
      • Sketching the Ideas

[edit] Disc two

  • Circus Day (Thursday)
  • Talent Round-Up Day (Friday)
  • Bonus Features
    • Mouseke-Memories
    • The Mouseketeers Debut at Disneyland
    • Opening Sequence in Color

[edit] Wave Five (Released December 6, 2005)

[edit] The Chronological Donald, Volume 2

This set covers the second leg of Donald Duck's long career, starting from 1942 to 1946, covering World War II in the process.

[edit] Disc one

  • 1942
  • 1943
    • Donald's Tire Trouble
    • The Flying Jalopy

[edit] Disc two

  • 1944
    • Trombone Trouble
    • The Plastics Inventor
    • Donald's Off Day
    • Donald Duck and the Gorilla
    • Contrary Condor
  • 1945
    • The Eyes Have It
    • Donald's Crime
    • Duck Pimples
    • No Sail
    • Cured Duck
    • The Clock Watcher
    • Old Sequoia
  • 1946
    • Donald's Double Trouble
    • Wet Paint
    • Dumb Bell of the Yukon
    • Lighthouse Keeping
    • Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive
  • Bonus Features
    • Drawing and Talking 'Duck' With Tony Anselmo: Maltin meets with Tony Anselmo, who is the present voice of Donald and has been so since the mid-1980s. He is as true to the character as his predecessors were. He reveals how he emerged as the man behind the duck and his respect and loyalty to the Disney name.
    • The Art and Animation of Carl Barks: Carl Barks, although he started out as a storyman for some of Donald's earliest shorts, is best known for the Donald Duck comics. Various relevant individuals give their thought on the man and his work and emphasize his influence on DuckTales (a clip from the episode "The Time Teasers" can be seen during the special) and such blockbusters as Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    • The Volunteer Worker: An additional short dating from 1940. In this cartoon, Donald goes from door to door trying to collect money for charity, but to no avail when every door he visits slams in his face. His frustrations lead him to the personal testimony of a man he meets on the street who had once benefited from charities himself. Unlike the first Donald set, which featured the cartoon as an Easter egg, this cartoon is displayed in full view on this set.
    • Timeline: The War Years, 1941 - 1945: This segment shows off a variety of things that had come out of Disney during these years, using clips and captions in the style of a newsreel.
    • Galleries: These galleries cover assortments of concept art, storyboard sketches and background paintings from the various Donald shorts on this set.

[edit] Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s

This set covers many miscellaneous cartoons to come out of the studio that do not feature the usual stable of Disney stars. This set also includes a few select episodes from the Alice Comedies, which were made in the 1920s, long before Mickey Mouse ever came on the scene.

[edit] Disc one

  • Alice Comedies
    • Alice's Wonderland (1923)
    • Alice's Wild West Show (1924)
    • Alice Gets In Dutch (1924)
    • Alice's Egg Plant (1925)
    • Alice In the Jungle (1925)
    • Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926)
    • Alice the Whaler (1927)
  • Additional Shorts
    • Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
    • Chicken Little (1943)
    • The Pelican and the Snipe (1944)
    • The Brave Engineer (1950)
    • Morris the Midget Moose (1950)
    • Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1951)
    • The Little House (1952)
    • Adventures In Music: Melody (1953)
    • Football Now and Then (1953)
    • Adventures In Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
    • Ben and Me (1953)
  • Bonus Features
    • Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview With Virginia Davis: Here, Maltin interviews Virginia Davis, the lady who portrayed the little girl, Alice, in Walt's silent comedies beginning more than 80 years ago.
    • From Kansas City To Hollywood: A Timeline of Disney's Silent Era: A featurette talking about Walt Disney's journey into the entertainment industry, from an ad company in Kansas City right up to the discovery of synchronized sound.

[edit] Disc two

  • The Shorts
    • Pigs Is Pigs (1954)
    • Social Lion (1954)
    • Hooked Bear (1956)
    • Jack and Old Mac (1956)
    • In the Bag (1956)
    • A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)
    • The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A. (1957)
    • The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
    • Paul Bunyan (1958)
    • Noah's Ark (1959)
    • Goliath II (1960)
    • The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961)
    • A Symposium On Popular Songs (1962)
  • Bonus Features
    • Audio Commentary: This is the very first audio commentary heard in the Treasures series, heard over A Symposium On Popular Songs. Maltin interviews Richard M. Sherman on that short. Richard, along with his brother Robert, wrote the music songs for that short (as well, they both wrote songs for dozens of Disney films and theme park attractions in the 1960s, 70s and 80s).
    • A Feather In His Collar: Pluto demonstrates donating to his local community chest.
    • Galleries: These galleries cover assortments of concept art, storyboard sketches and background paintings from a handful of the cartoons presented this DVD set.

[edit] The Adventures of Spin & Marty (The Mickey Mouse Club)

This set contains the entire Adventures of Spin and Marty serial, which was first broadcast on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955.

[edit] Disc one

  • The Triple-R (11/7/1955)
  • The Misfit (11/8/1955)
  • The White Stallion (11/9/1955)
  • Froggy Day (11/10/1955)
  • The Battle (11/(11/1955)
  • A Surprise Decision (11/14/1955)
  • Homesick (11/15/1955)
  • Logan's Lesson (11/16/1955)
  • The Chase (11/17/1955)
  • Ride-'Em-Cowboy (11/18/1955)
  • Bonus Features

[edit] Disc two

  • The Snipe Hunt (11/21/1955)
  • The Secret Ride (11/22/1955)
  • Tragedy (11/23/1955)
  • Perkin's Decision (11/24/1955)
  • Tossing the Calf (11/25/1955)
  • Rope Artist (11/28/1955)
  • Nothing Happens on a Sunday (11/29/1955)
  • Perkins and the Bear (11/30/1955)
  • The Runaway (12/1/1955)
  • Haunted Valley (12/2/1955)
  • The Live Ghost (12/5/1955)
  • The Big Rodeo (12/6/1955)
  • Off on the Wrong Foot (12/7/1955)
  • Sky Rocket's Trick (12/8/1955)
  • The Last Campfire (12/9/1955)
  • Bonus Features
    • Return to the Triple-R
    • Back in the Saddle With Harry Carey, Jr.

[edit] Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes

This set contains selected episodes from the two adventure series.

[edit] Disc one

  • The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (Episode 1 of 10-part series) October 3, 1958
  • Four Down and Five Lives to Go (Episode 2) October 17, 1958
  • Attorney at Law (Episode 5) February 6, 1959
  • Bonus Features
    • The Many Lives of Robert Loggia
    • Galleries

[edit] Disc two

  • The Birth of the Swamp Fox (Episode 1 of 8-part series) October 23, 1959
  • Brother Against Brother (Episode 2) October 30, 1959
  • Tory Vengeance (Episode 3) January 1, 1960
  • Bonus Feature
    • Walt Disney Presents Heroes of the American Frontier

[edit] Wave Six (Released December 19, 2006)

[edit] More Silly Symphonies

This set contains all Silly Symphonies not released on the first volume in Wave One.


[edit] Disc One

  • Hell's Bells (1929)
  • Springtime (1929)
  • Arctic Antics (1930)
  • Autumn (1930)
  • Frolicking Fish (1930)
  • Monkey Melodies (1930)
  • Night (1930)
  • Playful Pan (1930)
  • Summer (1930)
  • Winter (1930)
  • The Cat's Out (1931)
  • The Clock Store (1931)
  • The Fox Hunt (1931)
  • The Spider and the Fly (1931)
  • The Bears and the Bees (1932)
  • The Bird Store (1932)
  • Bugs in Love (1932)


"From the Vault"

  • El Terrible Toreador (1929)
  • The Merry Dwarfs (1929)
  • Cannibal Capers, with optional original ending (1930)
  • Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930)


Bonus Features

  • Various Audio Commentaries by Noted Historians


[edit] Disc Two

  • Birds in the Spring (1933)
  • The Night Before Christmas (1933)
  • Old King Cole (1933)
  • The Pied Piper (1933)
  • The Goddess of Spring (1934)
  • Cock O' the Walk (1935)
  • Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)
  • Little Hiawatha (1937)
  • Merbabies (1938)
  • Moth and the Flame (1938)


"From the Vault"

  • King Neptune (1932)
  • Santa's Workshop (1932)
  • The China Shop (1934)
  • Broken Toys (1935)
  • Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
  • More Kittens (1936)
  • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)


Bonus Features

  • "Silly Symphonies Revisited" featurette
  • "Animators at Play" - Rare film of a studio softball game from 1930, narrated by Maltin.
  • Galleries
  • Various Audio Commentaries by Noted Historians

[edit] The Complete Pluto Volume 2

This set covers the rest of Plutos shorts

1947-51

  • Rescue Dog (1947)
  • Mail Dog (1947)
  • Pluto's Blue Note (1947)
  • Bone Bandit (1948)
  • Pluto's Purchase (1948)
  • Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
  • Pluto's Fledgling (1948)
  • Pueblo Pluto (1949)
  • Pluto's Surprise Package (1949)
  • Pluto's Sweater (1949)
  • Bubble Bee (1949)
  • Sheep Dog (1949)
  • Pluto's Heart Throb (1950)
  • Pluto and the Gopher (1950)
  • Wonder Dog (1950)
  • Primitive Pluto (1950)
  • Puss Café (1950)
  • Pests of the West (1950)
  • Food For Feudin' (1950)
  • Camp Dog (1950)
  • Cold Storage (1951)
  • Plutopia (1951)
  • Cold Turkey (1951)

[edit] The Hardy Boys: The Applegate Mystery

[edit] Your Host, Walt Disney

[edit] Disc One

  • "Where Do the Stories Come From" (1956)
  • "Fourth Anniversary Show" (1958)
  • "Kodak Presents Disneyland '59"

Bonus Features

  • Photo Galleries

[edit] Disc Two

  • "Backstage Party" (1961)
  • "Disneyland 10th Anniversary" (1965)

Bonus Features

  • "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" (1959)
  • Disneyland USA at Radio City Music Hall - live introduction to a showing of "Disneyland, USA" featuring an in-person Mickey Mouse interacting with Walt on screen
  • Working with Walt - memories from actors and actresses who were children during their time working at the Disney studio


[edit] End of the Treasures?

Members of several Disney forums sites have reported that they received e-mails from Walt Disney Treasure's host Leonard Maltin claiming that the Walt Disney Company will not allow him to continue the series past Wave 6. The news has sparked distress in the internet community and forum members are working to find a way to petition the company into releasing just one more wave, hoping to complete their cartoon short collections of Donald Duck cartoons, which at the moment is left half-complete.

However, on 26/01/07, it was reported on www.thedigitalbits.com that the Walt Disney Treasures line would be continuing and that many sets were planned for the future. Whether this is a response to complaints, or that the initial rumours were false, is unknown. The news that the Treasures are continuing has yet to be confirmed by Leonard Maltin or anyone at Disney.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ultimate Disney interview with Leonard Maltin

[edit] External links

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