Screenplay: Ward Kimball

Direction Ward Kimball

Synopsis Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.

Direction Jack Donohue

Cast Ray Bolger · Tommy Sands · Annette Funicello · Ed Wynn

Synopsis Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo Peep, thus depriving Mary and...

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Synopsis Max Hare is boxing Toby Tortoise, and beating him severely in round one. Between rounds, a Mae West lookalike tells Toby she "likes a man who takes his time", which seems to reinvigorate him. Come round two, Toby pulls into...

Direction Ward Kimball

Cast Walt Disney

Synopsis The episode begins with an introduction of Walt Disney and his robot friend Garco, who provide a brief overview of this episode, which starts with a look at mankind seeking to understand his world, first noticing patterns in the stars....

Direction Ward Kimball

Synopsis Walt Disney, with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Defense, uses music and animation to speculate on the use of space satellite technology (with a coordinated defense network) as a means to modify weather.

Direction Ward Kimball

Synopsis With a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.

Direction Ward Kimball

Cast Frank Gerstle · Richard Emory · Frank Connor · Leo Needham

Synopsis The moon is the subject here. Man’s fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon’s usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is...