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<center><b><u><i>Introducing 4 New Limited Series Volumes
Available In Time For the Holidays December 6</u></i>


WALT DISNEY TREASURES
WAVE 5


<u>THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, Volume Two, 1942-1946

THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY,
THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s-1960s

ELFEGO BACA and THE SWAMP FOX, LEGENDARY HEROES</u>


<i>-- (2 Disc) DVD Volumes With Rare Footage, Introduced by Leonard Maltin --</i></b></center>

BURBANK, Calif., August 12, 2005 – Walt Disney Home Entertainment’s acclaimed <b>WALT DISNEY TREASURES</b>
series continues with <b>WAVE 5</b>, four new, separate limited-series DVD sets that include more of Walt’s greatest
wonders. Available in time for the holidays on <b>December 6</b>, these rare marvels from the vault of The Walt Disney
Studios are each hosted by noted film historian Leonard Maltin and presented in pristine color and sound. Each of the
amazing 4 volumes are 2 disc sets, packaged in a collectible tin, and full of supplemental features such as rare archival
material, still-frame production art galleries, and more. The four new (2 disc) volumes are:

• <b>THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, VOLUME 2, 1942-1946</b> a compilation of Donald Duck’s shorts from 1942
to 1946.
• <b>THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY, THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB</b> showcases the entire first
season of the beloved series that ran on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show during the 1955-56 season.
Tim Considine and David Stollery star as Spin and Marty, two summer campers who share adventures together at a
boys’ ranch.
• <b>DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s–1960s</b> features a dazzling array of Walt’s rarest gems,
including his historic ‘Alice’ comedies; the Academy Award®-winning short “Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom” (Best
Short Subject (Cartoon) 1953) - the first cartoon produced in Cinemascope, and one that established a completely
new animation style for the Studio; and more.
• <b>ELFEGO BACA and THE SWAMP FOX, LEGENDARY HEROES</b> collects two of Walt’s adventure television
series, “Elfego Baca” and “The Swamp Fox.”

Each of these four new DVD volumes is priced to own at $32.99 (S.R.P.), (limited quantities) on Disney DVD from Walt
Disney Home Entertainment on <b>December 6, 2005</b>.

<center><b><u>THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, VOLUME TWO,
1942-1946</b></u>
</center>

Celebrating the career of the one of the most prolific of Walt’s “Fabulous Five” classic characters, this volume features
Donald’s shorts from 1942 to 1946. These short subjects, brilliantly animated, cover the WWII years and includes the
Academy Award®-winning short “Der Fuehrer’s Face” (Best Short Subject (Cartoon) 1943).

Plus, there are bonus materials on Donald Duck including a chat with the current voice of Donald; a complete episode of
the vintage Disneyland TV show -- “A Day In The Life of Donald Duck;” “The Art and Animation of Carl Barks” a new
featurette about Disney’s legendary Donald Duck artist; “The Volunteer Worker,” a rarely-seen vintage WWII short
starring Donald; a timeline of the Walt Disney Studios during the World War II years 1941-1945, and Donald-themed
still frame art galleries. Introductions by Leonard Maltin. (NOTE: ALL the volumes contain intros by Leonard Maltin)

The Chronological Donald Volume One was released on May 18, 2004.

<center><b><u>THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, VOLUME TWO, 1942-1946
CONTENTS
</b></u></center>

<center><table><tr><td>• The Village Smithy
• Donald's Snow Fight
• Donald Gets Drafted
• Donald's Garden
• Donald's Gold Mine
• The Vanishing Private
• Sky Trooper
• Der Fuehrer’s Face
• Donald's Tire Trouble
• The Flying Jalopy
• Fall Out, Fall In
• The Old Army Game
• Home Defense
• Trombone Trouble
• Donald Duck and the Gorilla</td><td valign="top">• Commando Duck
• The Plastics Inventor
• Donald’s Off Day
• Clock Watcher
• The Eyes Have It
• Donald’s Crime
• No Sail
• Cured Duck
• Old Sequoia
• Donald’s Double Trouble
• Wet Paint
• Dumb Bell of the Yukon
• Lighthouse Keeping
• Frank Duck Brings ’em Back Alive
• Contrary Condor</td></tr></table></center>

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... vemz"><img src="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/w- ... g"><br>Buy <b>The Chronological Donald, Volume Two</b> from Amazon.com</a>

<a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/donaldvol2.html">Read our <b>The Chronological Donald, Volume Two</b> DVD Review</a>


<center><b><u>THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY,
THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
</b></u></center>

“The Adventures of Spin and Marty” ran on Walt’s original <I>The Mickey Mouse Club</I> television program. This beloved
series follows two boys (David Stollery and Tim Considine) who meet at a summer boys ranch and share adventures
together. Marty (Stollery) is a wealthy city kid who meets Spin (Considine), the most popular camper from the previous
summer. The two don’t get along at first, but over twenty-five exciting episodes and many escapades, the boys become
friends. The series also starred Harry Carey, Jr., Roy Barcroft and J. Pat O’Malley.

Bonus features include the complete episode of the Mickey Mouse Club that first introduced the series, Tim Considine’s
original screen test; “Return To The Triple R” where Tim Considine and David Stollery give an exclusive interview and
tour the location that was the original “Triple R Ranch” filming site; “Back In The Saddle With Harry Carey Jr.” where
the actor reminisces with Leonard Maltin; and a gallery of still frame images from the “Spin and Marty” series.

<center><b><u>THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY,
THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB</u>
The Complete First Year, 1955 – 1956</b>
</center>

<center><table><tr><td>• Tragedy
• Perkins’ Decision
• The Triple R
• The Misfit
• White Stallion
• Froggy Day
• The Battle
• A Surprise Decision
• Homesick
• Logan’s Lesson
• The Chase
• The Secret Ride
• Ride ’Em Cowboy
• The Snipe Hunt</td><td valign="top">• Sky Rocket’s Trick
• The Last Campfire
• Tossing the Calf
• Rope Artist
• Nothing Happens on A Sunday
• Perkins and the Bear
• The Runaway
• Haunted Valley
• The Live Ghost
• The Big Rodeo
• Off on the Wrong Foot</td></tr></table></center>

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... vemz"><img src="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/w- ... g"><br>Buy <b>The Adventures of Spin & Marty</b> from Amazon.com</a>

<center><b><u>DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s-1960s</b></u></center>

This fascinating volume features some of Walt’s most unique animated triumphs. Included are several of Walt’s “The
Alice Comedies,” a pioneering series of early short films that combined live-action and animation. These wonderful,
lesser-known unique films pre-date much of the work that would make him world-famous. “Alice’s Wonderland” is one
of Walt’s very first films.

Fans will enjoy the unique animation of “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom,” which won an Academy Award® (Best Short
Subject (Cartoon) 1953) and was the first cartoon produced in Cinemascope. This short film established a completely
new animation style for the Studio. DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s-1960s showcases a large
collection of Walt’s outstanding animated shorts that fans may not be aware of.

Bonus features include: “Alice’s Cartoon World” in which Leonard Maltin discusses Disney’s historic “Alice” shorts
with Virginia Davis who played the original Alice when she was 4-years old; “From Kansas City to Hollywood” – a
timeline of Walt’s silent era; “A Feather In His Collar” a rarely seen short supporting the Community Chest; audio
commentary for “A Symposium On Popular Songs” by composer Richard Sherman, and still frame galleries.

<center><b><u>DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s-1960s
CONTENTS</u> (In Chronological Order)</center></b>

<center><table><tr><td>
• Alice's Wonderland
• Alice Gets in Dutch
• Alice's Wild West Show
• Alice in the Jungle
• Alice's Egg Plant
• Alice's Mysterious Mystery
• Alice the Whaler
• Ferdinand the Bull
• Chicken Little
• The Pelican and the Snipe
• The Truth about Mother Goose
• Paul Bunyan
• Noah's Ark
• Goliath II
• The Saga of Windwagon Smith
• A Symposium on Popular Songs</td><td valign="top">• Ben and Me
• Football, Now and Then
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom
• Pigs Is Pigs
• Social Lion
• A Cowboy Needs a Horse
• Hooked Bear
• In the Bag
• Jack and Old Mac
• The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.
• The Brave Engineer
• Morris, the Midget Moose
• Lambert, the Sheepish Lion
• The Little House
• Adventures in Music: Melody</td></tr></table></center>

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... vemz"><img src="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/w- ... g"><br>Buy <b>Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts (1920s-1960s)</b> from Amazon.com</a>

<a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/disneyrarities.html">Read our <b>Disney Rarities</b> DVD Review</a>



<center><b><u>ELFEGO BACA </b>and<b> THE SWAMP FOX, LEGENDARY HEROES</b></u></center>

Inspired by true life heroes, these are two of Walt’s most exciting television shows, ELFEGO BACA and THE
SWAMP FOX. Elfego Baca is a gunfighter (Robert Loggia) in the old west who changes his ways to become
sheriff and then a lawyer. Elfego deals with rampaging cowboys, outlaws and more in this exciting series about
law and order on the frontier. The Swamp Fox stars Leslie Nielsen (who starred in the classic film “Forbidden
Planet,” and would later become famous for the “Airplane” and “Naked Gun” movies) as Revolutionary War hero
Francis Marion. This patriot fought the British using unusual methods, and became known as “The Swamp Fox.”
In this superb series, Marion matches wits with the Tories in a story of adventure and action.

<center><b><u>ELFEGO BACA </b>and<b> THE SWAMP FOX, LEGENDARY HEROES
CONTENTS
</b></u></center>
<b>• Elfego Baca: Nine lives of Elfego Baca
• Four Down and Five Lives to Go
• Attorney at Law

• Swamp Fox: Birth of the Swamp Fox
• Brother Against Brother
• Tory Vengeance</b>

Bonus materials will include an interview with Robert Loggia, star of “Elfego Baca;” “Tales of Courage and
Adventure” a featurette that examines the origins of these historical figures and the fascinating story of their lives,
still frame galleries from these TV shows, and more.

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... vemz"><img src="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/images/w- ... g"><br>Buy <b>Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox, Legendary Heroes</b> from Amazon.com</a>

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<b><u>STREET DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2005</b></u>
<u>Suggest Retail Price</u>: $32.99 for each volume.
<u>Rated</u>: Unrated. Bonus material not rated nor subtitled.
Bonus material subject to change.
<u>Aspect ratio</u>: Various
<u>Presentation Size</u>: Full Frame
Not all technical specifications apply to all elements.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment is distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., a recognized industry
leader. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney,
Touchstone, Miramax, Dimension and Buena Vista videocassettes and DVDs.

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Nice! Thanks.
THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, Volume Two and DISNEY RARITIES for me.
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Post by TM2-Megatron »

So, Donald V2 will have his war shorts after all, even Der Fuehrer’s Face.

Sounds like a pretty good wave, though I'm only likely to get The Chronological Donald Volume 2 and Disney Rarities.
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Well The Disney Rarities appears to be missing 4 shorts from the time span it covers:

Reason and Emotion and Education for Death I can live with their omissions on account of the fact that they are on the OTFL set and are both pretty heavy on the propaganda side of things.

However Casey Bats Again and Susie The Little Blue Coupe have nothing wrong with them, perhaps both could be Easter eggs?

Anyway other than that I'm glad that all of the longer "shorts" have made it, espescially the stop motion "Noah's ark" and "A Symposium on Popular Songs" espescially as it's been given the first disney treasures audio commentary ever! :up:

As for the Donald set weirdly there is no mention of the 1942 short Bellboy Donald Hopefully accidentally left off the press release!!!!!!!
Also why in the name of hell is The Volunteer Worker being included? It was on the chronological Donald volume 1!!!!

However as feared Elfego Baca and the Swamp Fox are not complete! :(

Swamp Fox has episodes 1, 2, and 3 and Elfego Baca has episodes 1, 2 and 5 (pretty weird IMO):(

Also I'm delighted to see A Feather in His Collar! I feared it had been forgotten when it wasn't included on last years Pluto set!

Lookin' good in general though.
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Post by Lars Vermundsberget »

Thanks, this is one piece of information I've been waiting for!

I'm also slightly surprised that Der Fuehrer's face is included on the DD set, but on the other hand, Education for Death is not included in the Rarities. Too bad about Susie and Casey, they should have been there.
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Post by Edge »

Seems a lot of people are only getting Donald and Rarities.

The others just dont hold interest for me.
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Post by Lars Vermundsberget »

I just checked and I found that I miss Bellboy Donald from 1942 and Duck Pimples from 1945. Contrary Condor appears "out of order" on the list.
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I will be getting The Chronological Donald, Volume Two, Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s - 1960s, Elfego Baca • The Swamp Fox - Legendary Heroes and The Adventures of Spin & Marty along with Gargoyles Season Two Volume One.

I guess Disney is still planning to release The Chronological Donald Volume 3 (since not all the shorts are in Volume 2.) and Chip 'n' Dale Volume 1.
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Post by Edge »

Isn't it supposed to be 32 cartoons?

I counted 30 on the release so that would make 32 is those two were forgotten.

Duck Pimples is one of my all-time favorites.
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MickeyMousePal wrote:I will be getting The Chronological Donald, Volume Two, Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s - 1960s, Elfego Baca • The Swamp Fox - Legendary Heroes and The Adventures of Spin & Marty along with Gargoyles Season Two Volume One.

I guess Disney is still planning to release The Chronological Donald Volume 3 (since not all the shorts are in Volume 2.) and Chip 'n' Dale Volume 1.
Personally i wish they'd avoid the double dips. For one the war cartoons on this disc. Secondly i think Chip N'Dale werent in enough cartoons to fill a set. Which means you're gonna see even more double dips with donald cartoons if disney decides to give them a set anyway.
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All 4 different Alices will have at least 1 short on this set. I don't know why they are double dipping Chicken Little they could've easily included Casey, Suzie or another Alice short instead. Great news that one of my favorites Alice's Egg Plant is going to be on this set.

I'm getting Rarities, Donald and Elfego Baca/Swamp Fox for sure.
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Its a minor thing but I'm happy to see a complete episode of the Disneyland tv show on the Donald set. A Day in the Life of Donald Duck Will be interesting to see again. Also, prepare yourself for several Maltin intros on Disney Rarities and Social Line is just boring. The Lion looks like reused design from Lambert.
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Oh no... where is "It's tough to be a bird" ???... This was from 1969 and I thought it would definitely be included !.. I guess they are not including anything from the late 60's after Walt's death ?

At least Goliath II is on there and two of the Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore shorts that I have desperately been wanting...
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Sounds like a great wave. I'll be getting all four, even though I haven't the slightest clue what Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox are like.

I don't so much mind the recycling of shorts from On The Front Lines. Better to have them twice than not at all, and besides, it's not such a bad thing to have a Donald cartoon with the rest of the Donalds, even if it was also a wartime piece.

I am a little concerned about a few of the things that ichabod pointed out, but hopefully that's a case of oversight on the press release, bonus features, or plans to release some of those things on future sets.

How many Alice shorts were made in total?

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^ Im also really anticipating the Disneyland episode, possibly more than the contents of the set itself!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the vintage episode "Your Host, Donald Duck" is added as an extra on a future installment.


And where the hell are Bellboy Donald and Duck Pimples?? That better be a mistake in the pr!!


Also, why were Susie & Casie left off the Rarities set?? :x
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I MUST GET THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD, VOLUME TWO!!!

The others I don't care much about.
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STASHONE wrote:^ Im also really anticipating the Disneyland episode, possibly more than the contents of the set itself!
Yes, yes, I meant to post about this... very exciting! In fact, I'd love a complete series set of "Disneyland". :-D

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Not the strongest of all waves released yet ... but "The Chronoligical Donald" and "Disney Rarities" are definitely the highlights of this wave.
As a Disney-afficionado I will collect them all.
About the double-dipping : In a set like "The Chronoligical Donald" I find it logical that all shorts are included .
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awallaceunc wrote: How many Alice shorts were made in total?
56 including the pilot about 1/3rd of them are lost.
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RAFC1880 wrote: In a set like "The Chronoligical Donald" I find it logical that all shorts are included .

Let's just hope that's the case!
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