| Short 493 | 
                Pluto’ Heart Throb | 
                                
                        | 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 | 
                                
                | 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.  
                  
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                  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.  
                  
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                  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.  
                  
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                  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. 
                  
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                  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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                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. |