Short 493
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Pluto’ Heart Throb
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January 06, 1950
|
When Butch and Pluto vie for Dinah’s
attention, it appears the brute strength of the bulldog
will vanquish Pluto until Dinah must be rescued from a
swimming pool. Only Pluto manages to rescue her and in
doing so, wins her.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #38
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Short 494 |
Lion Around |
January 20, 1950
|
The nephews disguise themselves as a lion
to get a pie from Donald, who, when he discovers the trick,
chases them and gets mixed up with a real lion to whom he must
keep serving pies in order to stay alive.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #92
|
Short 495 |
Pluto and the Gopher |
February 10, 1950
|
Pluto digs up Minnie’s garden and destroys
her house in order to catch a pesky gopher – in spite of
Minnie’s scoldings.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #39
|
Short 496 |
How to Ride a Horse |
February 24, 1950
|
Goofy is not very adept at horseback
riding, and the horse constantly gets the best of him.
It was earlier released as part of the
feature, The Reluctant Dragon (1941).
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 497 |
The Brave Engineer |
March 03, 1950
|
Casey Jones is determined to get his train
to the station on time, in spite of train robbers, a flood,
and a head-on collision with another train. Although late,
Casey finally arrives in the wrecked locomotive, with his
watch reading “On Time…Almost”.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney.
|
Short 498 |
Crazy Over Daisy |
March 24, 1950
|
When Donald attempts to get revenge on the
chipmunks for wrecking his bike on his trip to Daisy’s house,
she scolds him for his cruel conduct.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #93
|
Short 499 |
The Wonder Dog |
April 07, 1950
|
Pluto tries to become Dinah’s dream of
Wonder Dog, despite Butch’s interference, and he does indeed
prove himself by performing various circus stunts, to his own
wonderment as well as Dinah’s.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #40
|
Short 500 |
Trailer Horn |
April 28, 1950
|
Donald and the chipmunks, Chip and Dale,
are after each other again, this time when they come upon
Donald vacationing in a trailer. When he goes swimming, they
fool him by moving the diving board and end up wrecking his
car.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #94
|
Short 501 |
Primitive Pluto |
May 19, 1950
|
Pluto’s Primitive Instinct, in the form of
a little wolf, Primo, convinces Pluto to hunt for food like a
wild dog. When Pluto is unable to catch anything, he returns
to his food, only to find Primo has eaten it.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #41
|
Short 502 |
Puss-Café |
June 09, 1950
|
Two cats disturb Pluto’s napping by trying
to help themselves to the milk on the back step, and to birds
and fish in his yard. Pluto continually chases them away,
finally chasing them all the way back to their alley, where a
huge third cat chases Pluto away.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #42
|
Short 503 |
Motor Mania |
June 30, 1950
|
Goofy portrays both the roles of a normal
family man, Mr. Walker, who becomes a monster, and Mr.
Wheeler, behind the wheel of his car. He changes back to a
mild pedestrian attempting to cross the street, only to revert
back once again behind the wheel.
This cartoon has long been a favorite one in
driver’s training classes.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #25 |
Short 504 |
Beaver Valley [a.k.a. In Beaver Valley] |
July 19, 1950
|
The film portrays the beaver as the leading
citizen of the pond area in which he lives, sharing space with
moose, deer, crayfish, raccoons, otters, frogs, and all kinds
of birds.
Academy Award: #25*:
Two-Reel Short Subject, 1950.
Photographed by Alfred Milotte.
Narrated by Winston Hibler and musical
orchestrations by Paul Smith.
32 min. Directed by James Algar. True-Life
Adventure #02 |
Short 505 |
Pests of the West |
July 21, 1950
|
Bent-Tail, the coyote, and his son, Junior,
try again to steal what Pluto guards, this time chickens in a
henhouse, but this proves as unsuccessful as their previous
outing.
Sequel to Sheep Dog (1949).
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #43 |
Short 506 |
Food for Feudin’ |
August 11, 1950
|
The chipmunks and Pluto battle over
possession of a supply of nuts.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #44
|
Short 507 |
Hook, Lion and Sinker |
September 01, 1950
|
A mountain lion and cub try various ways to
steal fish from Donald, always with the same result – the cub
picking Donald’s buckshot out of his father’s bottom.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #95
|
Short 508 |
Camp Dog |
September 22, 1950
|
While campers are away, Pluto must guard
the campsite from two coyotes, Bent-Tail and his son, Junior.
The coyotes try to steal food, with Junior complicating
matters by “stealing” Pluto, whom he considers to be food.
After a chase that destroys the camp, Pluto joins the coyotes
in the hills rather than try to explain to the campers.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #45.
|
Short 509 |
Bee at the Beach |
October 13, 1950
|
When Donald accidentally upsets a bee
through a series of mishaps and some deliberate provocation,
the conflict worsens until the bee gets the ultimate revenge
by ruining Donald’s rubber raft, causing him to be chased by
sharks.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #96.
|
Short 510 |
Hold That Pose |
November 03, 1950
|
Goofy buys photographic equipment for his
new hobby and eagerly goes out to find a subject which turns
out to be a bear. But he so angers the bear with the flash
apparatus that it chases him back to his apartment.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #26
|
Short 511 |
Morris the Midget Mouse |
November 24, 1950
|
Morris is the laughingstock of the whole
moose herd because he is so small but has a full set of
antlers. Everything changes, however, when he meets another
outcast moose, Balsam, who is huge but has only puny antlers.
The two become a great pair, and by getting up on Balsam’s
back and using his antlers, Morris and Balsam are able to
defeat the leader of the herd.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah.
|
Short 512 |
Out on a Limb |
December 15, 1950
|
In his work as a tree surgeon, Donald
discovers the tree home of Chip and Dale and harasses them
with a tree pruner they believe to be a monster. They soon
realize their error and have the frustrated Donald venting his
temper.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #97
|
Short 513 |
Lion Down |
January 05, 1951
|
In his attempt to hang a hammock, Goofy
searches for a second tree to hold it up, but the one he finds
dislodges a lion, who returns home with Goofy. Soon the lion
wants the hammock too, and a battle begins with Goofy emerging
the victor.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #27
|
Short 514 |
Chicken in the Rough |
January 19, 1951
|
Chip and Dale, picking acorns, come across
a nest of eggs. A baby chick hatches from one of the eggs and
Dale, in trying to stuff the chick back into the egg, gets
involved with the rooster and ends up trapped under the hen
with the rooster pacing outside.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Chip ‘n’ Dale
#01
|
Short 515 |
Cold Storage |
February 09, 1951
|
Pluto and a stork battle in the dead of
winter for possession of Pluto’s house, confiscated by the
stork, until spring arrives.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Pluto #46
|
Short 516 |
Dude Duck |
March 02, 1951
|
Donald, on vacation at a dude ranch, cannot
wait to ride a horse. Unfortunately, the only horse available
is completely unwilling to cooperate. Donald ends up on a
bull’s back riding out into the desert with the horse laughing
wildly.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #98
|
Short 517 |
Home Made Home |
March 23, 1951
|
Goofy encounters many problems building his
own house, but is relieved when the work is done and he has
company in – until the house collapses.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #28
|
Short 518 |
Corn Chips |
March 23, 1951
|
Donald tricks Chip and Dale into shoveling
his sidewalk after they dump snow on his just-shoveled
sidewalk. They retaliate by stealing Donald’s bowl of popcorn.
When Donald builds a fire to smoke them out of their tree, the
chipmunks dump a box of kernels into the tree, resulting in
popcorn exploding all over the yard. Donald is back to
shoveling the popcorn as if it was snow.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck #99
|
Short 519 |
Cold War |
April 27, 1951
|
When Goofy gets a cold, he is tormented by
a virus character until his wife comes home and puts him to
bed. The virus goes away, only to return two weeks later when
Goofy is back at work, but sitting in a draft.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #29
|
Short 520 |
Plutopia |
May 18, 1951
|
While on vacation at a mountain resort with
Mickey, Pluto dreams he is in Utopia with an overly obsequious
cat acting as his butler. The butler will perform anything
Pluto’s heart desires, when Pluto bites his tail. Awakening,
Pluto bites a nearby cat’s tail and a furious battle ensues.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Mickey
Mouse #114 & Pluto #47
|
Short 521 |
Test Pilot Donald |
June 08, 1951
|
Chip and Dale fight Donald over possession
of his model airplane.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#100
|
Short 522 |
Tomorrow We Diet |
June 29, 1951
|
Goofy’s willpower to diet is quashed
by a voice from the mirror that tells him to eat, drink, and
be merry – and tomorrow we’ll diet.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #30
|
Short 523 |
A Lucky Number |
July 20, 1951
|
Donald, unbeknownst to him, has won a new
car, and his nephews go to pick it up as a surprise. But when
the car arrives, Donald wrecks it thinking his nephews played
a trick.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#101
|
Short 524 |
Nature’s Half Acre |
July 28, 1951
|
The film tells the story of the amazing
amount of life to be found each season in almost any small
plot of ground and the way nature maintains her balance in the
“grass-roots” world of insects and their ever-present fight
for survival.
Academy Award: #26*:
Two-Reel Short Subject, 1951.
Originally released in the United States with
Alice in Wonderland.
Photographed by Murl Deusing and eight other
photographers. The time-lapse photography by John Nash Ott is
particularly noteable.
Narrated by Winston Hibler and music by Paul
Smith.
33 min. Directed by James Algar. True-Life
Adventure #03 |
Short 525 |
How to Catch A Cold |
August 01, 1951
|
About the myths and facts of the cold
virus. Shows the manner in which a cold is caught and spread
throughout a community, and how it should be treated.
Made for International Cellucotton Co.
Revised version was released in September
1986.
min. Educational film. |
Short 526 |
R’coon Dwag |
August 10, 1951
|
Mickey is ‘coon hunting with Pluto,
tracking the animal that tricks the pair into believing
Mickey’s raccoon hat is its baby. Mickey and Pluto apologize
and leave quietly as the “baby” waves good-bye.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Mickey
Mouse #115
|
Short 527 |
Get Rich Quick |
August 31, 1951
|
Again playing Everyman, Goofy wins money at
poker and though his wife is initially angry with his
gambling, she forgives him when she sees the amount of cash he
has won, causing Goofy to say, “Easy come, easy go!”
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #31
|
Short 528 |
Cold Turkey |
September 21, 1951
|
Pluto and Milton, the cat, are persuaded by
a television commercial for Lurkey Turkey to cook one of their
own, but the situation quickly explodes into a fight for the
bird.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Pluto #48
|
Short 529 |
Fathers Are People |
October 21, 1951
|
Goofy experiences the trials and
tribulations of fatherhood, with Junior always coming out
ahead in each situation.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #32
|
Short 530 |
Out of Scale |
November 02, 1951
|
Donald, as engineer of a miniature train in
his backyard, runs into difficulties with Chip and Dale when
he replaces their oak tree with a miniature one. The only way
the clever animals can save their home is by putting a “Giant
Redwood” sign on it and letting the train pass trough a tunnel
in its trunk.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#102
|
Short 531 |
No Smoking |
November 23, 1951
|
Goofy decides to give up smoking but
experiences so many temptations that he grows desperate and
gets into various situations trying to get a cigarette.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #33
|
Short 532 |
Bee on Guard |
December 14, 1951
|
When Donald discovers bees taking honey
from his flowers, he raids their beehive dressed as a giant
bee, fooling the bee on guard. The bee is banished in disgrace
but is welcomed back as a hero after he wins a ferocious
battle with Donald.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#103
|
Short 533 |
The Riddle of Robin Hood |
1952
|
A promotional film for The Story of
Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel.
15 min. |
Short 534 |
The Peter Pan Story |
1952
|
Made in the early days of television, this
promotional film for Peter Pan took audiences behind
the scenes.
12 min.
|
Short 535 |
Father’s Lion |
January 04, 1952
|
Goofy and his son go on a camping trip, and
in the midst of Goofy’s tall tales about himself as a
great adventurer, they encounter a mountain lion.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #34 |
Short 536 |
Donald Applecore |
January 18, 1952
|
Donald’s battle with Chip and Dale over
their eating his apples escalates until Donald bombs them with
atomic pellets. One of his hens eats a pellet, laying an egg
bomb. It explodes while Donald is holding it, creating a hole
that sends him all the way to China.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#104
|
Short 537 |
Lambert, The Sheepish Lion |
February 08, 1952
|
A stork delivers a lion cub to a flock of
sheep by mistake, which eventually proves fortuitous for the
sheep when Lambert grows up to realize his power and uses it
to protect the sheep from a wolf.
Nominated for an Academy Award.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. |
Short 538 |
The Olympic Elk |
February 13, 1952
|
Depicts the lives of elk living on the
Olympia Peninsula in Washington, including their feeding
habits, breeding, and battles for supremacy of the herd.
min. Directed by James Algar. True-Life
Adventure #04
|
Short 539 |
Hello Aloha |
February 29, 1952
|
Goofy, as Mr. Geef, decides to move to the
islands and enjoy the carefree life there. As the guest of
honor at a luau, he is suddenly thrown into a nearby volcano
to appease the fire goddess, but he manages to save himself.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #35
|
Short 540 |
Two Chips and a Miss |
March 21, 1952
|
Chip and Dale attend a nightclub and fall
in love with the female entertainer, another chipmunk named
Clarice, who divides her attention between the two.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah.Chip ‘n’ Dale
#02
|
Short 541 |
Man’s Best Friend |
April 04, 1952
|
Goofy acquires a puppy and has difficulties
with the neighbors as well as with his attempts to train the
puppy to be a watchdog.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #36
|
Short 542 |
Let’s Stick Together |
April 25, 1952
|
Donald and the bee, Spike, reminisce about
their early days together and the scrapes they got into.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#105
|
Short 543 |
Two Gun Goofy |
May 16, 1952
|
Goofy, by accident, becomes a hero and a
sheriff when he interrupts a stagecoach robbery.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #37
|
Short 544 |
Susie, The Little Blue Coupe |
June 06, 1952
|
Susie, in an auto showroom, is bought by a
man who takes good care of her, but as the time passes she
grows older and hr owner trades her in. She has a succession
of unfortunate owners who mistreat her, and just as she is
about to be abandoned in a junkyard, an eager young man buys
her, tinkers with her, and soon has her running again.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi.
|
Short 545 |
Water Birds |
June 26, 1952
|
Vignettes depict the lives of waterbirds,
showing how Nature has adapted each of them to meet the
problems of survival, such as different types of beaks and
bodies, and describe their feeding habits and courtships.
Academy Award: #27*:
Two-Reel Short Subject, 1952.
31 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. True-Life
Adventure #05 |
Short 546 |
Teachers Are People |
June 27, 1952
|
Goofy is a teacher with a class of children
so full of mischief that by the end of the day Goofy is
exhausted – and wiser.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #38
|
Short 547 |
Uncle Donald’s Ants |
July 18, 1952
|
Donald has ant trouble when sugar spills
from a bag he is carrying. This leads to a battle with the
ants at his home over a jug of maple syrup, eventually
resulting in Donald’s car exploding and the ants enjoying the
syrup.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#106
|
Short 548 |
The Little House |
August 08, 1952
|
The little house begins life happily in the
country but with “progress” it is soon completely overtaken
and surrounded by the encroaching big city. Fortunately, a
caring family has her moved back to the country onto a small
hill and there the little house is happy once more.
From the popular children’s book by Virginia
Lee Burton.
min. Directed by Wilfred Jackson.
|
Short 549 |
Pluto’s Party |
September 19, 1952
|
At his own birthday party, Pluto gets
pushed around by the nephews and cannot even get any of his
own cake until after the party, when Mickey presents him with
a piece he had saved.
min. Directed by Milt Schaffer. Mickey Mouse
#116
|
Short 550 |
Trick or Treat |
October 10, 1952
|
When the nephews come to Donald’s house in
their Halloween costumes, he plays tricks on them until Witch
Hazel joins up with them and with her magical powers teaches
Donald a lesson.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#107
|
Short 551 |
Two Weeks Vacation |
October 31, 1952
|
Goofy goes on his vacation but gets tangles
up with a trailer and has various other mishaps until he ends
up peacefully in jail.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #39
|
Short 552 |
Pluto’s Christmas Tree |
November 21, 1952
|
The tree that Mickey chops down to bring
home for Christmas turns out to be the home of Chip and Dale.
In discovering the chipmunks’ presence and trying to get them
out of the trimmed tree, Pluto destroys it.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Mickey Mouse
#117
|
Short 553 |
History of Aviation |
December 1952
|
Humorous history of aviation from the
Wright Brothers to World War II.
Originally released as part of Victory
Through Air Power.
min. Educational film. |
Short 554 |
Behind the Scenes of Walt Disney Studio |
December 1952
|
Robert Benchley leads a tour of the Disney
Studio, as he tries to see Walt to sell him a story.
Originally released as part of The
Reluctant Dragon.
26 min.
|
Short 555 |
How to Be a Detective |
December 12, 1952
|
Goofy is “Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye” who
gets mixed up in a surreal whodunit involving a classy dame, a
cop, weasels, and the mysterious missing Al.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #40
|
Short |
New Year’s Jamboree |
1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short 556 |
Bear Country |
February 05, 1953
|
The story of the American black bears from
the time they are born and trained by their mothers, through
the mating battles and finally the mother’s abandonment of her
young.
Academy Award: #29*:
Two-Reel Short Subject, 1953.
33 min. Directed by James Algar. True-Life
Adventure #06 |
Short 557 |
The Alaskan Eskimo |
February 18, 1953
|
Utilized footage shot in Alaska by the team
of Alfred and Elma Milotte, depicting the everyday home life
of the families in a typical Eskimo village. The building and
hunting activities of the summer, the winter activities
underground when the blizzard coma, and the celebration of
spring with the “mask dance” are all shown.
Academy Award: #30*:
Documentary Short Subject, 1953.
27 min. Directed by James Algar. People &
Places #01 |
Short 558 |
Father’s Day Off |
March 28, 1953
|
Goofy takes over the household chores when
his wife goes out but he gets so completely confused that the
house is a shambles and on fire when she returns.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #41
|
Short 559 |
The Simple Things |
April 18, 1953
|
While Mickey fishes at the beach, Pluto has
bad encounters with a clam and then a seagull that also steals
Mickey’s bait and fish. The pair are eventually chased away by
all the gull’s friends.
The last Mickey Mouse cartoon for thirty
years.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Mickey
Mouse #118 |
Short 560 |
For Whom the Bulls Toil |
May 09, 1953
|
Goofy, on a tour of Mexico, is mistaken for
a great matador and is rushed into the bullring where, after a
mad, crazy chase, he eventually does subdue the bull.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #42
|
Short 561 |
Adventures in Music: Melody |
May 28, 1953
|
Professor Owl tries to teach his class
about melody.
First cartoon ever filmed in 3-D. It was
shown in the Fantasyland Theater at Disneyland as part of the
3D Jamboree.
min. Directed by Ward Kimball, Charles
Nichols.
|
Short 562 |
Don’s Fountain of Youth |
May 30, 1953
|
On his travels with his nephews, Donald
tricks them into believing he has been magically transformed
into a baby and then an egg by a “Fountain of Youth” until an
encounter with a mother alligator and her babies spoil
Donald’s fun.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#108
|
Short |
4th of July Firecrackers |
June 1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short 563 |
Father’s Weekend |
June 20, 1953
|
Goofy runs his life by the clock all week
and relaxes on Sunday, but he has such a frantic day with his
son at the beach that he is delighted to go back to work to
rest up from his day of rest.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #43
|
Short 564 |
How to Dance |
July 11, 1953
|
A short history of the dance, followed by
Goofy trying to learn with the aid of a dummy and dancing
school.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #44
|
Short 565 |
Prowlers of the Everglades |
July 23, 1953
|
Story of the vast and primitive Everglades
in Florida, told through the lives of its animal inhabitants,
including alligators, raccoons, skunks, otters, and birds.
32 min. Directed by James Algar. True-Life
Adventure #07
|
Short 566 |
The New Neighbor |
August 01, 1953
|
Donald tries hard to get along with his new
neighbor, Pete, and Pete’s terrible dog, but when Pete borrows
all of Donald’s food and throws stuff in his backyard, the
fight is on.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#109.
|
Short |
Fall Varieties |
September 1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short |
Halloween Hilarities |
October 1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short |
Thanksgiving Day Mirthquakes |
October 1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short 567 |
Football (Now and Then) |
October 02, 1953
|
A boy and his grandfather argue the merits
of football past and present while watching two teams, Bygone
U and Present State, on television. Though the game ends in a
tie, Grandfather is more impressed with a commercial and goes
out to buy the advertised dishwasher.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney.
|
Short 568 |
Rugged Bear |
October 23, 1953
|
When hunting season opens, a terrified bear
hides in Donald’s cabin and endures the torture of being a
household bear rug until the season closes.
Nominated for an Academy Award.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#110 |
Short |
Christmas Jollities |
November 1953
|
Compilation of various shorts released
previously under RKO.
IF YOU HAVE INFO &/OR A SUMMARY PLEASE CONTACT ME
HERE.
RKO compilation to make profit one more time,
because Disney and RKO Radio Pictures dissolved their film
distribution contract later that year.
min. |
Short 569 |
Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom |
November 10, 1953
|
Professor Owl explains to his students
about musical instruments, illustrating with the song “Toot,
Whistle, Plunk and Bloom”. From the cave dwellers to modern
times, we find that all instruments are based on the toot, the
whistle, and so on, and they finally evolve into modern
musical instruments.
Academy Award: #31*:
Cartoon Short Subject, 1953.
Sequel to Adventures in Music: Melody
(1953).
First cartoon filmed in CinemaScope and the
first short cartoon released by Buena Vista.
10 min. Directed by Ward Kimball, Charles
Nichols. |
Short 570 |
Ben and Me |
November 10, 1953
|
Amos, a poor, little church mouse, comes to
live with the fabulous Ben rankling and through Amos’s
suggestions the Franklin stove and bifocals are invented,
electricity is discovered, and the opening words of the
Declaration of Independence are provided.
Released by Buena Vista Distribution Company
with The Living Desert.
21 min. Directed by Hamilton Luske. |
Short 571 |
Working for Peanuts |
November 11, 1953
|
Chip and Dale steal peanuts from an
elephant, Dolores, until zookeeper Donald comes to the rescue.
Chip and Dale win eventually, getting all the peanuts they can
eat by using white paint to pass themselves off as rare albino
chipmunks.
Filmed in 3-D.
Shown at Disneyland as part of the 3D
Jamboree, and later in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney
World with Magic Journeys.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#111 |
Short 572 |
How to Sleep |
December 25, 1953
|
Goofy shows the various ways human sleep,
and has no trouble falling asleep throughout the day,
including at his desk at work, but when he goes home to bed at
night, he cannot sleep. He tries various gadgets, but finally
a scientist has to hit him over the head.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Goofy #45
|
Short 573 |
Canvas Back Duck |
December 25, 1953
|
At a carnival, Donald shows his strength on
the various “strength machines”, in order to make his nephews
proud. When a wimpy boy tells the nephews that his father can
beat Donald, Donald doesn’t hesitate to agree to fight, only
to discover the father is the hulking Peewee Pete. They fight
in the ring, and Donald manages to win.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#112
|
Short 574 |
Spare the Rod |
January 15, 1954
|
Donald’s conscience, in the form of a
“guidance counselor duck”, advises him to deal with his
nephews’ misbehavior psychologically, rather than physically.
Donald mistakes some pygmy cannibals, who have escaped from
the circus, for his nephews playing in disguise. Donald spanks
one pygmy who bites Donald. Tired of interference, Donald
takes his conscience out to the woodshed.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#113
|
Short 575 |
Donald’s Diary |
March 05, 1954
|
The narrator tells of Donald’s romance with
Daisy through use of Donald’s diary. Daisy has almost snared
him into marriage when he has a nightmarish vision of what
their married life would be like. He decides to run away, and
we see him writing in his diary in the French Foreign Legion.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Donald Duck
#114
|
Short 576 |
Stormy, The Thoroughbred with an
Inferiority Complex |
March 12, 1954
|
Stormy, a handsome colt with a famous
bloodline, is sold to a cattle ranch when he misses his chance
to be a glamorous race horse, but soon he accepts and enjoys
his new life. He proves his thoroughbred training when he is
bought by a famous polo player and helps his master win a game.
46 min. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. Live
action.
|
Short 577 |
The Lone Chipmunks |
April 07, 1954
|
Chip and Dale’s game of robber and sheriff
turns real when they successfully capture Pete, the infamous
bank robber.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Chip ‘n’ Dale
#03
|
Short 578 |
Two for the Record |
April 23, 1954
|
The musical journey starts surreal with
anthropomorphic musical instruments and then an animated
pencil draws a group of lively teenagers having a jitterbug
session at the local malt shop.
Special cartoon combining After You’ve
Gone and All the Cats Join In segments of Make
Mine Music (1946).
The song “After you’ve gone” by Henry Creamer
and Turner Leighton, is performed by the Benny Goodman Quartet.
The song “All the cats
join in” by Alec Wilder, Ray Gilbert and Eddie Sauter, is
featuring Benny Goodman and his Orchestra.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 579 |
Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet |
May 21, 1954
|
The musical story about the romance between
a boy and girl hat.
Re-released segment of Make Mine Music
(1946).
Sung by the Andrew Sisters.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 580 |
Pigs Is Pigs |
May 21, 1954
|
McMorehouse goes to collect his two guinea
pigs from stationmaster Flannery and argues the animals are
pets and not pigs, and therefore the shipping charges should
be cheaper. While the dispute goes on, the pigs multiply,
McMorehouse leaves, and Flannery sends all the pigs to the
main office.
Produced in the popular UPA style of limited
animation and was nominated for an Academy Award.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 581 |
Casey Bats Again |
June 18, 1954
|
Casey is dismayed while trying to have sons
that can follow in their dad’s footsteps, because he has only
daughters. Eventually, he realizes that he has nine tomboy
daughters, just enough for a baseball team. He tries to regain
his former glory with his nine-daughter baseball team, which
wins the championship despite Casey’s interference.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney.
|
Short 582 |
The Martins and the Coys |
June 18, 1954
|
The musical story about two feuding
families.
Re-released segment of Make Mine Music
(1946).
Sung by the King’s Men.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 583 |
Dragon Around |
July 16, 1954
|
As a steam-shovel operator, Donald is
clearing an excavation site when he runs into Chip and Dale,
who imagine the machine is a dragon threatening their home. By
getting into the tool chest, they unbolt the steam shovel,
which falls apart, thus enabling them to vanquish the dragon.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#115
|
Short 584 |
Casey at the Bat |
July 16, 1954
|
The musical story about the mighty but vain
ballplayer who strikes out to lose the game.
Re-released segment of Make Mine Music
(1946).
“A Musical Recitation” by Jerry Colonna.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 585 |
Grin and Bear It |
August 13, 1954
|
Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore, in his first
appearance, tries to get the bears to behave during tourist
season at Brownstone National Park. Each of the other bears
selects their own tourist, from which they get plenty of food,
but Humphrey, with stingy Donald Duck as his tourist, gets
nothing to eat. Humphrey tries to trick Donald out of his ham
and picnic basket by making Donald think he has run over the
bear with his car. In the resulting melee, food gets scattered
all over the highway, and the ranger gives both Donald and
Humphrey pointed sticks to use to pick it up. He tries
surreptitiously to keep the ham for himself, but Donald and
Humphrey foil his plan.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#116
|
Short 586 |
Little Toot |
August 13, 1954
|
The musical story of a little tugboat who
is constantly getting into trouble, but who redeems himself by
saving a ship from sinking during a big storm.
Re-released segment of Melody Time
(1948).
From a story by Hardie Gramatky.
Title Song is sung by the Andrew Sisters.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 587 |
Willie the Operatic Whale |
August 17, 1954
|
The musical story about an opera-singing
whale.
Re-released segment “The Whale Who Wanted to
Sing at the Met” of Make Mine Music (1946).
“Opera Pathetique”, sung by Nelson Eddy.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton
Luske. |
Short 588 |
Once Upon a Wintertime |
September 17, 1954
|
The musical story about a boy and a girl’s
outing on the ice in the 1800s.
Re-released segment of Melody Time
(1948).
Sung by Frances Langford. The song is by
Bobby Worth and Ray Gilbert.
min. Directed by Hamilton Luske. |
Short 589 |
Social Lion |
October 15, 1954
|
A lion, feared by all in the wilds of
Africa, learns that no one fears him when he escapes in the
big city after being captured. However, when he tries to dress
up like a human, everyone then recognizes him as a lion and is
terrified. The lion ends up in the zoo, scaring all the zoo
visitors.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney.
|
Short 590 |
The Flying Squirrel |
November 12, 1954
|
Donald promises a peanut to a flying
squirrel if it will hang his peanut sign in a nearby tree. But
when the peanut turns out to be rotten, the squirrel gets his
just revenge.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#118
|
Short 591 |
Grand Canyonscope |
December 23, 1954
|
Donald proves to be a meddlesome tourist to
Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore, getting the two of them involved
with an angry mountain lion who chases them all about the
canyon, ultimately destroying the national monument.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Donald Duck
#117 |
Short 592 |
Siam |
December 24, 1954
|
The featurette shows the everyday lives of
the people of Siam, their classic dances, how they avoid the
monsoon rains, a visit to a teak camp with elephants at work
as well as a visit to Bangkok, the “Venice of the Orient”.
32 min. Directed by Ralph Wright. People &
Places #02
|
Short 593 |
Pecos Bill |
1955
|
The story about a young boy who was raised
by coyotes and became the toughest cowboy in the west.
Re-released segment of Melody Time
(1948).
Featuring “Blue Shadows on the Trail”, sung
by Roy Rodgers and the Sons of the Pioneers
23 min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 594 |
No Hunting |
January 14, 1955
|
Donald is inspired by his Grandpappy’s
hunting skills to go out with him on a modern-day hunt where
the pair spend most of their time avoiding the bullets of the
other hunters, and never have a chance to bag any game.
Filmed in CinemaScope and nominated for an
Academy Award.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#119 |
Short 595 |
Lake Titicaca |
February 18, 1955
|
Donald Ducks holiday high in the Andes.
Re-released segment of Saludos Amigos
(1943).
min. Directed by Bill Roberts. |
Short 596 |
Contrast in Rhythm |
March 11, 1955
|
The story starts with the fantasy of a
bee’s nightmare and then a lyrical setting of the famous poem
"Trees" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer follows trees through the
seasons.
Special cartoon combining Bumble Boogie
and Trees segments of Melody Time (1948).
Bumble Boogie
is featuring Freddy Martin and His Orchestra and Jack Fina at
the piano.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske. |
Short 597 |
Blame It on the Samba |
April 01, 1955
|
José Carioca teaches Donald Duck to dance
the samba.
Re-released segment of Melody Time
(1948).
Featuring the Dinning Sisters and Ethel Smith
at the organ.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 598 |
Pedro |
May 13, 1955
|
The story about a baby airplane carrying
the mail.
Re-released segment of Saludos Amigos
(1943).
min. Directed by Hamilton Luske. |
Short 599 |
Arizona Sheepdog |
May 25, 1955
|
Nick and Rock are two sheepdogs, belonging
to a herder in Arizona, who must help him get the sheep from
the dry lands of the plains up to the lush mountain pastures.
Along the way, they have to search for lost sheep and ford
mountain streams, and protect the herd from mountain lions.
Also released under as Nicky and Rock –
Working Sheep Dogs.
22 min. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. Live
action. |
Short 600 |
El Gaucho Goofy |
June 10, 1955
|
Goofy as an American Cowboy is trying to
become an Argentinean gaucho.
Re-released segment of Saludos Amigos
(1943).
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 601 |
Switzerland |
June 16, 1955
|
The film visits cities and small towns of
Switzerland to explore the local customs and activities during
the seasons. The climax is a climb to the top of the
Matterhorn with three mountaineers.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
33 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #03 |
Short 602 |
Aquarela do Brasil |
June 24, 1955
|
José Carioca teaches Donald Duck to dance
the samba.
Re-released segment of Saludos Amigos
(1943).
min. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. |
Short 603 |
Operation: Disneyland |
July 1955
|
A film to show the elaborate preparations
for the live 90-minute broadcast of Disneyland’s opening day
on July 17, 1955.
This film was never shown to public and only
broadcasted by close-circuit to ABC Television affiliates around
the country.
25 min. |
Short 604 |
A World Is Born |
July, 1955
|
A condensed version of the natural history
of the Earth from the formation of the planet, to the first
living creatures, to the age, reign, and extinction of the
dinosaurs.
Re-released Stravinsky segment “Rite of
Spring” taken from Fantasia (1940).
min. Directed by
Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield. |
Short 605 |
The Flying Gauchito |
July 15, 1955
|
A story in which a little boy trains a
flying donkey for racing.
Re-released segment of The Three
Caballeros (1945).
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. |
Short 606 |
A Tour of the West [a.k.a. Circarama
U.S.A.] |
July 17, 1955
|
Circarama 360-degree film that shows a
drive through Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, and the beautiful
scenery of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.
The Tomorrowland attraction Circarama U.S.A.
was sponsored by American Motors.
12 min. |
Short |
Rocket to the Moon |
July 17, 1955
|
A simulated trip to observe the far side of
the moon.
Projection at the Rocket to the Moon
attraction in Tomorrowland until September 05, 1966. It was
sponsored by TWA from 1955 to 1961 and McDonnell Douglas from
1962 to 1966.
min. |
Short 607 |
Bearly Asleep |
August 19, 1955
|
When Humphrey the bear is kicked out of his
hibernation cave because of his snoring, he tries again and
again to use Donald’s house, ultimately disguising himself as
an orphan bear to be taken back into the cave.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#120 |
Short 608 |
Beezy Bear |
September 02, 1955
|
Humphrey the bear continually tries
different ways to steal honey from Donald’s beehives,
resulting in conflicts between Donald and Ranger J. Audubon
Woodlore when Donald wants the bears kept away.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#121 |
Short 609 |
Peter and the Wolf |
September 14, 1955
|
The musical story about the brave young boy
who goes with a duck, cat, and bird to catch the wolf, with
each character represented by a musical instrument in the
orchestra. Peter is represented by a string quartet; Sasha the
bird by a flute, Sonja the duck by an oboe, Ivan the cat by a
clarinet, Grandpa by a bassoon, and the hunters by kettle
drums.
Re-released segment of Make Mine Music
(1946).
The story is told by Sterling Holloway and
the music is by Prokofiev.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 610 |
Up a Tree |
September 23, 1955
|
Donald Duck, a logger in a logging camp, is
getting ready to topple a tree that is the home of Chip and
Dale, who quickly get revenge that ultimately leads to the
destruction of Donald’s house.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. Donald Duck
#122
|
Short |
Music Land |
October 05, 1955
|
Compilation of four shorts from Make
Mine Music and five from Melody Time released
previously under RKO.
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HERE.
A last try by RKO to make profit with Disney
cartoons one more time.
min. |
Short 611 |
Emperor Penguins |
October 13, 1955
|
Documents the life and habits of the
largest of all penguins.
11 min. Directed by Maris Marret. Live
action.
|
Short 612 |
Men Against the Arctic |
1955
|
The film shows how icebreakers, specially
constructed ships built by the U.S. Coast Guard, to make their
way through heavy Arctic icepacks. They maneuver with the aid
of helicopters in their effort to reach the weather station at
Alert, only 400 miles from the Arctic circle, in Operation
Alert, an annual task.
Academy Award: #35*:
Documentary Short Subject, 1955.
30 min. Directed by Winston Hibler. People &
Places #04 |
Short 613 |
Johnny Appleseed |
December 25, 1955
|
The story of the young man who planted
apple trees throughout the west.
Re-released segment of Melody Time
(1948).
The story is told by Dennis Day.
Released for schools as Legend of Johnny
Appleseed.
19 min. Directed by Wilfred Jackson |
Short 614 |
Chips Ahoy |
February 24, 1956
|
Chip and Dale must steal a model ship from
Donald in order to gather a plentiful supply of acorns on an
island far out in a river. Donald attempts to interfere are
thwarted like always by the clever chipmunks, who get their
food, inadvertently with Donald’s help.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Jack Kinney. Donald Duck
#123 |
Short 615 |
I’m No Fool With a Bicycle |
April 1956
|
A novel contest between Y-O-U and a Common
Ordinary Fool that serves to point up basic bicycle safety
rules. Jiminy Cricket gives a brief history of this unique
transportation vehicle.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released in September
1988.
min. Educational film. I’m No Fool #1 |
Short 616 |
I’m No Fool With Fire |
April 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket shows humankind’s reliance
on fire through the ages and the necessity of understanding
the rules pertaining to fire safety because of its potentially
destructive nature.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released in September
1986.
min. Educational film. I’m No Fool #2 |
Short 617 |
Hooked Bear |
April 27, 1956
|
J. Audubon Woodlore attempts to keep
Humphrey the bear from fishing with the human fishermen,
telling him, “Now go fish like a bear!” But Humphrey keeps
looking for an easier way until, before he knows it, fishing
season is over and bear hunting season is on.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. |
Short 618 |
You – the Human Animal |
May 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket shows people’s unique
ability to reason and think, which sets humans apart from all
other living creatures. He explains humans’ adaptability,
language skills, and intelligence.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on August 23,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #1 |
Short 619 |
You – and Your Five Senses |
May 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket explains and compares human
responses to stimuli, and how they are highly developed
because of his reasoning power. This reasoning ability
separates humans from other animals that have senses.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on August 23,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #2 |
Short 620 |
The Camel |
June 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket tells the story of the camel.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
min. Educational film. The Nature of Things
#1 |
Short 621 |
The Elephant |
June 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket uses animation and live
action to tell the story of the elephant.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
min. Educational film. The Nature of Things
#2 |
Short 622 |
3D Jamboree |
June 16, 1956
|
Chip and Dale steal peanuts from an
elephant, Dolores, until zookeeper Donald comes to the rescue.
Chip and Dale win eventually, getting all the peanuts they can
eat by using white paint to pass themselves off as rare albino
chipmunks.
Contains footage of the Mouseketeers along
with Working for Peanuts and Adventures in Music:
Melody.
Filmed in 3-D and shown only in the
Fantasyland Theatre in Disneyland.
min. |
Short 623 |
How to Have an Accident in the Home |
July 08, 1956
|
Donald demonstrates, to his own detriment,
how dangerous many household activities can be, such as
lighting pipes in gas filled rooms, climbing a littered
stairway, and standing on a rocking chair. The films narrator
is a bearded duck, named J.J. Fate.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Donald Duck
#124 |
Short 624 |
Jack and Old Mac |
July 18, 1956
|
A combination of two stories: the nursery
rhyme “This Is the House that Jack Built” and a variation on
the children’s song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”.
min. Directed by Bill Justice.
|
Short 625 |
Man In Space |
July 18, 1956
|
The history of rockets is shown in
animation, beginning with 13th-century Chinese
experiments. Von Braun unveils a four-stage,
passenger-carrying rocket ship that could break free of the
earth’s gravitational pull, leading to an animated depiction
of man’s first trip into space.
An abridged version of the Anthology episode
Man In Space (1955).
33 min. Directed by Ward Kimball. Live
action. |
Short 626 |
In the Bag |
July 27, 1956
|
The Ranger enlists the park’s bears to help
clean up, under threat of starvation and in desperation all
the bears shove the trash in Humphrey’s sector. Humphrey
stuffs it down a geyser hole, and just as he is about to be
rewarded with a meal, the geyser erupts, sending garbage
everywhere.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
min. Directed by Jack Hannah. |
Short 627 |
I’m No Fool as a Pedestrian |
October 1956
|
Jiminy Cricket relates the history of
reckless driving from 3000 B.C. to the present, then explains
how to walk properly and with safety, showing the problems
faced by the pedestrian. He presents safety rules.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released in September
1988.
min. Educational film. I’m No Fool #3 |
Short 628 |
Cow Dog |
November 06, 1956
|
The film tells the story of a California
ranch family who, in their devotion to the raising of purebred
Hereford cattle, must capture an outlaw Brahma bull. A
neighboring rancher brings his three Australian herding dogs,
Stub, Queen, and Shorty, to help in the roundup to apprehend
the bull. They are greeted with enthusiasm because of their
ability, and they eventually manage to flush out the bull.
Nominated for an Academy award, and
originally released with Secrets of Life.
22 min. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. Live
action. |
Short 629 |
A Cowboy Needs a Horse |
November 06, 1956
|
In this short featuring limited animation,
a little boy dreams of such Western adventures as battling
Indians, capturing a bandit, and rescuing a fair damsel.
min. Directed by Bill Justice.
|
Short 630 |
Sardinia |
November 15, 1956
|
TA train ride takes the audience through
the rugged countryside to see the Sardinian people of today.
Their independence and self-reliance is emphasized. Sheep are
tended and the treatment of their wool is depicted. A wedding
and a funeral service are shown, as well as the annual “Ardia”
festival with horsemen commemorating historical events.
30 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #05
|
Short 631 |
Disneyland U.S.A. |
December 20, 1956
|
After an aerial view of Disneyland and a
visit to the Disneyland Hotel, it is on through the entrance
gates of the park for a tour of each of the four lands, as
well as Main Street, U.S.A., and glimpses of annual parades
and holiday festivities.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
42 min. Directed by Hamilton Luske. People &
Places #06 |
Short 632 |
Samoa |
December 25, 1956
|
The story of a happy people on the island
paradise begins with a description of life and cultural events
in the communities. There are glimpses of fishing and local
foods being prepared, and the building of a guest house is
shown with the resulting housewarming festivities climaxed by
an evening fia fia, or happy time, including ritual
dances.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
32 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #07 |
Short 633 |
The Blue Man of Morocco |
February 14, 1957
|
The theme for this subject is “going back
in time”. The action takes place in the Sahara Desert where
the Blue Men of Morocco live today as they did in Biblical
times. The film features their lifestyles, work, and journeys
into Marrakech.
31 min. Directed by Ralph Wright. People &
Places #08
|
Short 634 |
I’m No Fool Having Fun |
April 1957
|
Jiminy Cricket stresses the importance of
recreation and points out safety rules to be observed when
having fun.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
min. Educational film. I’m No Fool #4 |
Short 635 |
I’m No Fool in Water |
April 1957
|
Jiminy Cricket summarizes the rules for
water safety and shows how one should behave while swimming.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released in September
1987.
min. Educational film. I’m No Fool #5 |
Short 636 |
You – and Your Eyes |
May 1957
|
Jiminy Cricket explains the structure of
the eyes, the mechanics of seeing, and the rules for the
proper care and safety of the eyes.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on March,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #3 |
Short 637 |
You – and Your Ears |
May 1957
|
Jiminy Cricket presents the structure of
the ear, traces a sound wave through the three parts of the
ear, and gives care rules.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on March,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #4 |
Short 638 |
The Wetback Hound |
June 19, 1957
|
Paco is a young hound owned by mountain
lion hunters in Sonora, Mexico. When he is mistreated, he runs
away, and even swims across a river to enter the United States
in his search for a kindly master. He finds one, and in saving
a little doe from a lion, ensures himself a home.
Academy Award: #36*:
Live-Action Short Subject, 1957; Walt Disney, executive
producer; Larry Lansburgh, producer.
Also won numerous other awards, including
ones from the Southern California Motion Picture Council and the
Berlin International Film Festival.
An expanded version was shown on television
on April 24, 1959.
18 min. Directed by Larry Lansburgh. Live
action. |
Short 639 |
The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. |
June 19, 1957
|
The problems of traffic are examined by the
city of Anyburg in judicial court as several automobiles are
tried for various crimes and declared “not guilty” since it is
the people driving them who must admit their guilt and promise
to drive carefully.
min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi.
|
Short 640 |
Lapland |
July 03, 1957
|
High in the frigid zone of the continent of
Europe, where the Arctic Circle cuts through the upper tips of
Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, is the land of the Lapps
– a people privileged to cross these frontiers unrestricted
because of their nomadic traditions and their allegiance to no
one nation. Their economy, dependent on migrating livestock,
is explained, as well as their customs and gypsy like
existence.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
29 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #09 |
Short 641 |
Alaskan Sled Dog |
July 03, 1957
|
The story of an Eskimo father and son who
train and groom a sled dog team. When the father is lost on an
ice floe, the son takes the unproven team on the search, and
succeeds in finding his father.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
18 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Live
action. |
Short 642 |
The Truth About Mother Goose |
August 28, 1957
|
Tells the historical stories behind the
three popular nursery rhymes: Little Jack Horner; Mary, Mary
Quite Contrary; and London Bridge.
Nominated for an Academy Award.
15 min. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Bill
Justice. |
Short 643 |
Niok |
August 28, 1957
|
Near the region of Angkor Watt, a group of
children capture a baby elephant and are just growing attached
to it when it is sold to a traveling safari. Pursuing the new
owner, a boy manages to steal it back, and the children free
it to return to its mother.
29 min. Directed by Edmond Sechan. Live
action.
|
Short 644 |
Mars and Beyond |
November1957
|
Walt opens this look at how scientists are
planning to explore the planet Mars by introducing an animated
look at humankind’s early thoughts on the universe. The
segment includes a lighthearted look at how some “adventures”
described Martian creatures they claimed to have met or
observed, and ends with a spoof of science fiction stories
about unidentified flying objects.
An abridged version of the Anthology episode
Mars and Beyond (1957).
30 min. Directed by Ward Kimball. Live
action. |
Short 645 |
Portugal |
December 25, 1957
|
Opening with animation showing the
adventurous and courageous Portuguese explorers and the routes
they traveled, this film then looks at some of the main
elements of the Portuguese people’s economy – shipping,
harvesting grapes for wine, marketing of cork, as well as the
country’s bullfighting traditions.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
30 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #10 |
Short 646 |
America the Beautiful |
1958
|
Circarama 360-degree film that shows a tour
of the United States.
Circarama 360-degree film, which originally
opened at the Brussels World’s Fair and was brought to
Disneyland in 1960.
16 min. |
Short 647 |
Wales |
June 10, 1958
|
Wales prides herself in her wealth of
natural resources, foundries, mills, and factories. Beyond
this modern façade lies another treasure – a rich historical
background and ancient lore. The great granite fortresses
still remain as reminders that from the struggle and strife
was born a pure and distinctive national culture.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
25 min. Directed by Geoffrey Foot. People &
Places #11 |
Short 648 |
Scotland |
June 11, 1958
|
Scotland is a country of three distinct
regions – the highlands, the islands, and the lowlands. These
regions are examined, showing how the isolated people contact
the outside world with their use of channel boats called
“Puffers”, how they observe the customs of the seasons, and
how the various clans and regiments celebrate their history at
the Edinburgh Festival.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
25 min. Directed by Geoffrey Foot. People &
Places #12 |
Short 649 |
Ama Girls |
July 09, 1958
|
A typical day in the life of a family of
fisher-folk of Japan. The elder daughter is an Ama, or diving
girl, who collects “Heaven Grass”, a variety of seaweed, as a
crop. The girls’ training is studied well as the teamwork and
stamina needed to harvest this marine crop.
Academy Award: #39*:
Documentary Short Subject, 1958; Walt Disney, executive
producer; Ben Sharpsteen, director.
Filmed in CinemaScope and also released under
the title Japan Harvests the Sea.
min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #13 |
Short 650 |
Paul Bunyan |
August 01, 1958
|
One day, after a great storm on the coast
of Maine, the townspeople found baby Paul Bunyan on the beach
where the heavy seas had left him. Paul grows to a great size
and becomes a legend with his double-bladed ax and friend,
Babe, the Blue Ox. But the prosperity Paul brought to his land
ultimately defeats him when steam saws are produced that can
do the job easier and faster than Paul and his ox.
17 min. Directed by Les Clark.
|
Short 651 |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
November 26, 1958
|
Ichabod Crane, a new school teacher,
arrives in Sleepy Hollow and captures every lady’s heart
except for Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of the wealthy farmer.
Ichabod has his eye on the Van Tassel wealth, but his attempts
to woo Katrina disturb her bold suitor, Brom Bones, who tries
to scare Ichabod away with the tale of the Headless Horseman.
As Ichabod rides home that Halloween evening, he encounters
the terrifying phantom and is mysteriously missing the next
morning. While the townspeople spread rumors of Ichabod’s
whereabouts, Katrina weds Brom.
Re-released
Segment from The Adventures of Ichabod and
Mr. Toad (1949).
33 min. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. |
Short 652 |
You – the Living Machine |
December 1958
|
Host Jiminy Cricket discusses the “human
machine” and how it converts food into energy to perform
properly.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on August 23,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #5 |
Short 653 |
You – and Your Food |
December 1958
|
Jiminy Cricket shows the value of food –
the important role of a well-balanced diet in being healthy
and active.
Premiered earlier at the Mickey Mouse Club.
An updated version was released on August 23,
1990.
min. Educational film.
This Is You #6 |
Short 654 |
Grand Canyon |
December 17, 1958
|
The ever-changing moods of the canyon and
its wildlife are portrayed with the background music of the
“Grand Canyon Suite” by Ferde Grofé.
Academy Award: #38*:
Live-Action Short Subject, 1958.
General release on January 29, 1959 with
Sleeping Beauty.
29 min. Directed by James Algar. Live action. |
Short 655 |
Seven Cities of Antarctica |
December 25, 1958
|
The biography of earth’s final frontier,
Antarctica, and how this last of our planet’s continents was
finally opened up by humans after millions of years of
seclusion. The picture ends with a summery of Antarctica’s
future potentials as a source of natural wealth, and as a
strategic hub for air travel in the Southern Hemisphere.
Filmed in CinemaScope and footage was
obtained when Walt Disney captured the U.S. expedition
“Operation Deepfreeze” on film for the Disneyland Anthologie
episodes Antarctica – Past and Present (1956),
Antarctica – Operation Deepfreeze (1957), and To the
South Pole for Science (1957).
30 min. Directed by Winston Hibler. People &
Places #14 |
Short 656 |
Nature’s Strangest Creatures |
March 19, 1959
|
Since Australia broke from the Asiatic
mainland many eons ago, it has developed a unique and exotic
population of wildlife, free from outside influences. Such
creatures as the giant bat, the duck-billed platypus,
kangaroos, wallabies, and the bush-tailed possum pursue their
business of survival in this isolated land where nature has
preserved a sanctuary for the strangest of its creatures.
Filmed by Alfred and Elma Milotte.
16 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Live
action. |
Short 657 |
Cruise of the Eagle |
March 19, 1959
|
The varied and important services of the
U.S. Coast Guard are glimpsed. They warn ships of dangerous
shoals, keep sea lanes open with icebreakers, face gale and
hurricane to accurately forecast the weather in remote areas
of the Atlantic and Pacific, and perform rescue services to
ships and downed aircraft. We are also told of a training
program of men of the Coast Guard and their many hardships.
Filmed in CinemaScope.
18 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. People &
Places #15 |
Short 658 |
Eyes in Outer Space |
June 18, 1959
|
This featurette explores satellites’ future
ability to forecast the weather.
Winner of the 1960 Thomas Edison Foundation
Award.
Later shown on “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World
of Color” in 1962 as part of the episode Spy in the Sky.
26 min. Directed by Ward Kimball. Live
action. |
Short 659 |
Donald in Mathmagic Land |
Jun 26, 1959
|
Donald Duck explores Mathmagic Land – a
fantasy land composed of such things as square root trees and
a stream running with numbers. The Spirit of Adventure teaches
him the many uses of mathematics in art, architecture, and
Nature as well as chess and sports such as football. Donald is
introduced to the circle and the triangle, which have been the
basis for many great inventions such as the telescope and
airplane, and he is shown that mathematical thinking opens the
doors to the future.
Nominated for an Academy Award.
28 min. Directed by Hamilton Luske. Donald
Duck #125 |
Short 660 |
How to Have an Accident at Work |
July 01, 1959
|
The bearded duck named J.J. Fate, who had
previously appeared in How to Have an Accident in the Home,
warns of the dangers of being careless in the workplace, with
Donald duck as the example. Throwing all caution aside, Donald
forgets his safety helmet, ignores signs, gets mixed up in the
machinery, daydreams, and even gets in an accident in his rush
to clock out.
min. Directed by Charles Nichols. Donald Duck
#126
|
Short 661 |
Noah’s Ark |
November 10,1959
|
With his sons Ham, Shem, and Japheth, Noah
manages to cut enough gopher wood to fabricate the ark,
preparing to set sail with his family, and inviting various
animals to join them and wait out the Great Flood safe in the
hold.
This stop-motion film was nominated for an
Academy Award.
21 min. Directed by Bill Justice. |
Short 662 |
Mysteries of the Deep |
December 16, 1959
|
In this film, a submerged reef is the home
of many strange creatures of the sea. We see mating, birth,
and development of the young into adults, with the laws of
nature being fulfilled as the battle for survival goes
continually on.
Nominated for an Academy Award.
24 min. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen. Live
action. |