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The Wonderful World of Disney
Season 3
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Episode 160 min1956-09-12
Antarctica: Past and Present
Walt Disney hosts a look at his plans for a brand new documentary on Antarctica.
Episode 260 min1956-09-19
The Great Cat Family
Walt talks about the cat family, primarily focusing on lions and domestic cats. It is explained particularly on the cats' importance to ancient Egypt and how some people would respect them, and others would fear them as superstitious beings.
Episode 360 min1956-09-26
Searching for Nature's Mysteries
Once again, Disneyland plays host to Winston Hibler, the familiar narrator (and sometimes writer/director) of Disney's ""True-Life Adventures"" short subject series. Hibler describes the various techniques used for making such up-close-and-personal nature documentaries as the then-upcoming Disney theatrical feature Secrets of Life, including the development of miniature lense and stroboscopic ""cold"" light. Highlights include a foray into a beehive and a visit to an ant colony, and a time-lapse-photography sequence of blossoming plant life to the tune of Maurice Ravel's ""Bolero"". Searching for Nature's Mysteries originally aired 2 months before the official November 20, 1956 release of Secrets of Life.
Episode 460 min1956-10-03
Rob Roy: Part 1
Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Episode 560 min1956-10-10
Rob Roy: Part 2
Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.
Episode 660 min1956-10-17
Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports
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Episode 760 min1956-10-24
Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo
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Episode 860 min1956-10-31
The Plausible Impossible
Walt explains a principle of his style of animation called ""the plausible impossible,"" in which things that cannot be done in reality can be done in animation if there is a plausible basis for it. He uses clips from several cartoons and features to demonstrate.
Episode 960 min1956-11-07
Cameras in Samoa/The Holland Story
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Episode 1060 min1956-11-14
Along the Oregon Trail
Walt takes us on the famous Oregon Trail, a pathway from Kansas City to Oregon, where the settlers moved westward. And speaking of westward, We also go behind the scenes of the new Disny feature Westward Ho the Wagons! with the famous Fess Parker himself.
Episode 1160 min1956-11-21
At Home with Donald Duck
It's Donald's birthday, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are thrown a party by their uncle in honor of his own birthday! He treats the boys to special home screenings of his own movies on 8mm film reels, but they want to watch the Mickey Mouse and Goofy cartoons. Adding insult to injury, the boys would rather watch the Mickey Mouse Club on TV.
Episode 1260 min1956-12-12
Pluto's Day
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Episode 1360 min1957-01-16
Your Host, Donald Duck
Donald Duck convinces Walt Disney to let him take over the hosting duties for one episode. Then he goes on to host an episode that he calls "The Duckland Four-In-One Show", where he goes through his own versions of the lands of Disneyland.
Episode 1460 min1957-01-23
Our Friend, the Atom
"Our Friend the Atom" is a 1957 episode of the television series Disneyland describing the benefits of atomic power.
Episode 1560 min1957-01-30
All About Magic
Walt Disney explores the Basement of the Disney Studios to show us the art of magic with the help of the magic Mirror from Snow White.
Episode 1660 min1957-02-13
Tricks of Our Trade
Walt explains the methods by which motion picture animation is made, using recreations of studio study sessions, clips from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, and Fantasia and some new footage of Mickey Mouse.
Episode 1760 min1957-02-27
The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
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Episode 1860 min1957-03-06
Man in Flight
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Episode 1960 min1957-03-20
The Adventure Story
Goofy? An Adventure Story? That's the theme for today's episode.
Episode 2060 min1957-03-27
Donald's Award
Walt finds himself troubled by Donald Duck's constant outbursts; he then promises his feathered star a medal if an entire week passes without any complaints about his behavior.
Episode 2160 min1957-04-03
Disneyland the Park/Pecos Bill
Walt treats the audience to a tour of Disneyland, followed by the Pecos Bill segment of Melody Time (1948), which had been re-edited for television presentation.
Episode 2260 min1957-04-10
People of the Desert
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Episode 2360 min1957-04-17
More About the Silly Symphonies
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Episode 2460 min1957-05-01
The Yellowstone Story/Bear Country
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Episode 2560 min1957-05-29
The Liberty Story
The first half of this story is an excerpt from the upcoming theatrical release ""Johnny Tremain."" The second half is an airing of the 1953 cartoon ""Ben and Me,"" in which a church mouse named Amos befriends Benjamin Franklin.
Episode 2660 min1957-06-05
Antarctica: Operation Deep Freeze
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