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Walt Disney introduces the show that will be a Sunday-night tradition for over 40 years, Disneyland. In this episode, he introduces upcoming season previews, plus movies that are to be coming out soon. The second half of the show is all about Mickey Mouse, Disney's first creation.

The Disneyland Story

The 1951 Walt Disney animated film is the basis of this episode.

Alice in Wonderland [1951]

James Algar explores the lives of animal habitats as captured on film. The next portion is the 1948 True-Life Disney movie, Seal Island with Winston Hibler narrating about the habitat of the fur seal.

Prairie/Seal Island

It's all about Donald Duck here as his career is highlighted.

The Donald Duck Story

The 1949 Disney movie is highlighted in this episode. Jeremiah is a young boy who owns a black lamb named Danny the Ram. Jeremiah wants to enter Danny into the spring fair, not out of pride for his pet but for the material gain of winning a ribbon. But alas, the fleece-bearer flees from home, leaving Jeremiah devastated.   Jeremiah prays to God asking to be reunited with his runaway ram. In return, he promises to love Danny forever, and forsake any thoughts of using him to win ribbons.

So Dear to My Heart

Walt Disney takes us behind the scenes on the making of his new animated feature Lady & the Tramp.

A Story of Dogs

This is a look into the making of the theatrical feature 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Operation Undersea

This is the first of five stories of the legendary Davy Crockett.  In it, Davy and his friend Georgie Russel go off to fight the hostile Creek Indians.

Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter

In this Christmas episode, Donald Duck gets a movie projector and a film reel of a penguin who wants to be free of the frozen climate.

A Present for Donald

In teh first part, Walt Disney presents a famous animal photographer named Alfred G. Milotte, who presents clips of his African trip that has stunning stories about the African elephant and the lion.   The second part deals with the beaver habitat as displayed in the 1948 True-Life Adventure film, Beaver Valley.

Beaver Valley/Cameras in Africa

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island [1950] (1)

Treasure Island [1950] (2)

Walt Disney takes us into the world of the sea with its many creatures.

Monsters of the Deep

In the Second episode of the Davy Crockett trilogy, Davy, George and their families settle in Tennessee. Davy goes to town to file his claim, and he gets into it with a bully named Big Foot Mason. When Mason is beaten, the judge asks Davy to be the new lawman.

Davy Crockett: Goes to Congress

Kenneth Grahame is the subject of this episode as we take a look at the short film of ""The Wind and the Willows"", as seen in the movie The Reluctant Dragon from 1941.

The Wind in the Willows

The first half of this epsiode is dedicated to the construction of the new Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.

A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre

Walt Disney shows us the importance of music in motion pictures. We also get a behind the scenes peek at the music made for the forthcoming movie Lady and the Tramp

Calvacade of Songs

The final chapter of the Davy Crockett trilogy begins when Davy and George make friends with a cheating gambler named Thimblerig. It is Thimblerig that gets Davy and George to go to Texas to fight the Mexicans at the Alamo, an ill-fated mistake for Davy.

Davy Crockett: At the Alamo

Classic storytelling comes to life with Disney animation.

From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen

"Man in Space" is an episode of Disneyland which originally aired on March 9, 1955. It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball. Later, it was edited into a featurette to play in theaters, accompanying Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. This Disneyland episode, was narrated partly by Kimball and also by such famed scientists as Dr. Willy Ley, Dr. Heinz Haber, Dr. Wernher von Braun and Dick Tufeld of Lost in Space fame. The show talks briefly about the lighthearted history of rockets and is followed by discussions of satellites, a practical look at what spacemen will have to face in a rocket and a rocket takeoff into space.

An adaptation of the episode was published by Dell as Four Color #716 in 1956, scripted by Don R. Christensen with art by Tony Sgroi. It was actually a "novelization" in comic book form of two Walt Disney television programs, "Man in Space" and "Tomorrow the Moon". Also found as a 1956 UK reprint as "A World Distributors Movie Classic" and a 1959 combined reprint with the other 2 Dell Comics adaptations of "Man in Space" films as "Walt Disney's Man in Space".

Man in Space

The big day of the grand opening of Disneyland is almost here, and Walt Disney is making plans to ensure that the park will be safe and ready for its first guests on July 17, 1955.

The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland

This is an airing of the beloved 1941 animated feature, edited to run in the allotted time slot.

Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant receives a baby with large ears. The other elephants ostracize him, and his mother is locked up for attacking a heckling human. As Dumbo, the mocking nickname for the baby elephant given to him, finds himself without any friends, an ambitious mouse named Timothy befriends him and helps him overcome his problem.

Dumbo [1941]

James Algar takes us behind the scenes of a True-Life adventure in The Everglades and in a desert with Bob Crandall.

Behind the True-Life Cameras, Olympic Elk

A little circus bear runs away and finds more of his own kind. Rejected at first, he soon becomes a hero after standing up to a bully named Lumpjaw.  This is actually the first half of the animated film, Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo

This episode is from the People and Places theatrical series filmed by William N. Smith about his adventures in these exotic places.

People and Places: Tiburon, Sardinia, Morocco/Icebreakers

Walt looks at the career of Mickey Mouse through a collection of his short cartoons.

The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

This compilation of several of Disney's ""Silly Symphonies,"" a series of short cartoons from the 1930s has Walt telling viewers about the respective origins of many of the stories.

The Story of the Silly Symphony

Features The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), originally from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1948]

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1

The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2

The fourth of five programs about Davy Crockett involves Davy and Georgie ending a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the self-proclaimed "King of the River", Mike Fink, and a band of renegade Indians that have been notorious for attacking passing boats.

Davy Crockett: The Keelboat Race

The first of three shows based on Disney's ""Art of Animation"" book.  Walt Disney explores the history of Animation from primitive cave drawings, to Windsor McKay's ""Gertie the Dinosaur"" and Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, up to Fantasia.  Two cartoons are featured: The Skeleton Dance (1929) and the Nutcraker Suite segmest from Fantasia.  This episode is avalible on the ""Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios"" 2-disc DVD.

The Story of the Animated Drawing

Goofy's rise to stardom is featured here, starting with a look at Hollywood, where talent scouts seek out the next superstar. They find Goofy in a movie theater watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon and laughing at it, and he is "discovered". And so begins the career of an actor with a unique laugh.

The Goofy Success Story

The final Davy Crockett story (the second ""Legend"" tale) has Davy and ex-foe Mike Fink on the same side, fighting some nasty pirates who are passing themselves off as Indians in order to start a war.  This episode is avalible as part of a 2-disc DVD set.

Davy Crockett: The River Pirates

This installment tells of many age-old legends and fantasies about the moon, upon which, at the time of this episode, man was still trying to land.

Man and the Moon

Sword and the Rose, The (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1

When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2

Walt looks at the history of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories.

A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris

This episode follows the events of Donald Duck as he struggles through a typical day at the Disney Studio. Along the way, he meets Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers and the actor that does his voice, Clarence Nash.

A Day in the Life of Donald Duck

Survival in Nature

"Our Unsung Villains" is a 1956 episode of Walt Disney anthology television series. The program has Walt Disney handing over the hosting duties to the Magic Mirror, who promptly decides to do a show devoted to the Disney villains. Hans Conried plays the role of the Magic Mirror and would reprise the role in many Disney television specials, including the 1977 followup "Disney's Greatest Villains." In this program, the Magic Mirror only focuses on four villains, whereas he covers twelve in "Disney's Greatest Villains."

Our Unsung Villains

A Trip Thru Adventureland/Water Birds

Walt Disney, who is on vacation, gives Jiminy Cricket a phone call to take over hosting duties for one TV episode while he is away. Jiminy decides to gather the other Disney stars together to help him out. Unfortunately, they, too, are on vacation, but how they are spending their respective vacations helps put the show together for him.

On Vacation

Stormy, the Thoroughbred [1954]

Walt introduces the narrator, Spyrus Olympopolus, to demonstrate how the ancient sports practiced in foreign countries have evolved into the games of today. Spyros illustrates this using Goofy.

The Goofy Sports Show

Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.

Where Do the Stories Come From?

Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

Walt Disney hosts a look at his plans for a brand new documentary on Antarctica.

Antarctica: Past and Present

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.

The Great Cat Family

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.

Searching for Nature's Mysteries

Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

Rob Roy: Part 1

Rob Roy: Part 2

Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports

Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo

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.

The Plausible Impossible

Cameras in Samoa/The Holland Story

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.

Along the Oregon Trail

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.

At Home with Donald Duck

Pluto's Day

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.

Your Host, Donald Duck

"Our Friend the Atom" is a 1957 episode of the television series Disneyland describing the benefits of atomic power.

Our Friend, the Atom

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.

All About Magic

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.

Tricks of Our Trade

The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades

Man in Flight

Goofy? An Adventure Story? That's the theme for today's episode.

The Adventure Story

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.

Donald's Award

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.

Disneyland the Park/Pecos Bill

People of the Desert

More About the Silly Symphonies

The Yellowstone Story/Bear Country

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.

The Liberty Story

Antarctica: Operation Deep Freeze

Disneyland began its 4th season on the air with a gala, all-star ""special"", essentially designed to promote all 3 of Disney's network TV series. Pressured by his cartoon creations and the latest crop of Mouseketeers to tell them what's in store for the 1957-58 season, host Walt Disney offers tantalizing glimpses of the new weekly adventure show Zorro, the Disneyland miniseries The Saga of Andy Burnett (with Jerome Courtland in the title role) and the newest installments of such Mickey Mouse Club serials as ""Spin and Marty."" The remainder of the 4th Anniversary Show is an uncut presentation of the ""Peter and the Wolf"" segement from the 1946 animated feature Make Mine Music.

4th Anniversary Show

This is a look at four stories about Americans who became folk heroes: Casey Jones, a railroad engineer who is borderline fanatical on punctuality; Henry Coy and Grace Martin, a couple from two feuding families; Mighty Casey of the Mudville Nine; and Johnny Appleseed.

Four Fabulous Characters

Walt takes us to the Studio Morgue where great ideas stored here are used in future projects. He also talks with Winston Hibler about the making of another True-Life Fantasy feature called Perri.

Adventure in Wildwood Heart

The Saga of Andy Burnett: Andy's Initiation

The Saga of Andy Burnett: Andy's First Chore

The Saga of Andy Burnett: Andy's Love Affair

Donald decides that he's had enough of show business and so decides to quit his job at Disney and leave, never to return. He goes to the Ajax Employment Agency looking for a job. But things don't go as planned.

Duck for Hire

To teach us about the world of fantasy in animation, inanimate objects come to life and introduce various cartoons.

Adventures in Fantasy

To the South Pole for Science

A show all about ""hero"" dogs.  Walt Disney narrates the first segment.  Dorothy McGuire gives us a preview of ""Old Yeller"" and the last half of the episode is the 1955 People and Places short Arizona Sheepdog.

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

Goofy reveals about mankind's eternal desire to relax. Ever since prehistoric times, when the caveman discovered his thumb, he unfortunately discovered work, too, which robbed him of his ability to relax. So Goofy attempts to demonstrate numerous methods for ensuring sufficient time for leisure.

How to Relax

"Mars and Beyond" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on December 4, 1957. It was directed by Ward Kimball and narrated by Paul Frees. This episode discusses the possibility of life on other planets, especially Mars. It begins with an introduction of Walt Disney and his robot friend Garco, who provide a brief overview. It continues with an animated presentation about mankind seeking to understand the world in which he lives, first noticing patterns in the stars, and developing certain beliefs regarding the celestial bodies. Theories from scientists and philosophers are discussed, including Ptolemy's inaccurate, but formerly-accepted theories, as well as those of Copernicus. Life on other planets is considered, soon focusing on Mars. Ideas from science-fiction authors H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs are brought to life with more colorful animation. Pulp science fiction comics of the time are parodied in the same straightforward tone as everything else.

After this, the program adopts a serious tone as it profiles each of the planets in the solar system, from the perspective of what would happen to a man on them. The program claims that whereas most of the planets are either too cold or too hot for life as we know it, life on Mars could almost be normal, something that is of increasing importance for the future. Dr. E.C. Slipher then discusses the Red Planet and the possibility that life is already there. More animation speculates what the conditions on Mars might be like. This section is filled with striking, inventive and atypical Disney animation.

Mars and Beyond

The story of The Bay Lady, a quarter horse born on Rex Allen's ranch. The Bay Lady is the favorite filly of Elena Vasquez until the young horse is accidentally shipped from the ranch to be sold at an auction.

The Horse of the West

Faraway Places: High, Hot and Wet

Saludos Amigos

Walt invites the audience to spend a weekend with Donald Duck.

Donald's Weekend

Littlest Outlaw, The (1955) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

The Littlest Outlaw: Part 1

Littlest Outlaw, The (1955) re-edited into a two-part television presentation

The Littlest Outlaw: Part 2

The Saga of Andy Burnett: The Land of Enemies

The Saga of Andy Burnett: White Man's Medicine

The Saga of Andy Burnett: The Big Council

The Slave in the Magic Mirror returns to host this look at one of his favorite subjects: the magic of music.

Magic and Music

Tinker Bell takes us on a tour of Disneyland with her pixie dust.

An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom

Four Tales of a Mouse

Walt talks about how art has many different visions.

An Adventure in Art

The theme of this is the significance of the American highway, featuring the history of motoring, which explains that to drive the first cars was quite an adventure in itself, due to awful roads (which back then were not much more than rutted wagon paths) and the scarcity of fuel supplies and spare parts, not to mention the lack of useful maps and signposts, resulting in short drives turning into day-long affairs.

Magic Highway U.S.A.

Wherever this man went--there was trouble. Death stalked him at every turn. Elfego Baca is "The man who couldn't be killed!" Incredible...but every astounding incident actually happened.

The Nine Lives of Elfago Baca

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.

The Best Seasons of The Wonderful World of Disney

The Best Seasons of The Wonderful World of Disney

Season 7

Season 6

Season 4

Season 2

Season 12

Season 1

Season 3

Season 10

Season 5

Season 13

Season 11

Season 27

Season 9

Season 8

Season 20

Season 29

Season 16

Season 14

Season 18

Season 24

Season 15

Season 26

Season 22

Season 17

Season 28

Season 34

Season 23

Season 32

Season 21

Season 33

Season 19

Season 30

Season 31

Season 25