Wave 5 in the illustrious Walt Disney Treasures DVD collection arrives Dec. 6, 2005 (Buena Vista Home Ent., $32.99 each). Individual two-disc sets (packaged in collectible tins) consist of: The Chronological Donald Volume Two, Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts 1920s-1960s, ELFEGO BACA and THE SWAMP FOX: Legendary Heroes and THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN & MARTY: THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
Donald Duck extras include:* A Day in the Life of Donald Duck* Drawing and Talking Duck with Tony Anselmo* The Art and Animation of Carl Barks* Timeline: The War Years, 1941 to 1945* Animation Art Gallery
Donald Duck shorts include:* The Village Smithy* Donald's Snow Fight* Donald Gets Drafted* Donald's Garden* Donald's Gold Mine* The Vanishing Private* Sky Trooper* Bellboy Donald* Der Fuehrer's Face* Donald's Tire Trouble* Flying Jalopy* Fall Out - Fall In* The Old Army Game* Home Defense* Trombone Trouble* Donald Duck And The Gorilla* Contrary Condor* Commando Duck* The Plastics Inventor* Donald's Off Day* The Clock Watcher* The Eyes Have It* Donald's Crime* Duck Pimples* No Sail* Cured Duck* Old Sequoia* Donald's Double Trouble* Wet Paint* Dumbell Of The Yukon* Lighthouse Keeping* Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive
Rarities contains all of Walts one-shot cartoons spanning the 40-odd years and several of his silent ALICE comedies. Includes:* Alice's Wonderland * Ben and Me* Alice Gets in Dutch * Football, Now and Then* Alice's Wild West Show * Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom* Alice in the Jungle * Pigs Is Pigs* Alice's Egg Plant * Social Lion* Alice's Mysterious Mystery * A Cowboy Needs a Horse* Alice the Whaler * Hooked Bear* Ferdinand the Bull * In the Bag* Chicken Little * Jack and Old Mac* The Pelican and the Snipe * The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.* The Truth about Mother Goose * The Brave Engineer* Paul Bunyan * Morris, the Midget Moose* Noah's Ark * Lambert, the Sheepish Lion* Goliath II * The Little House* The Saga of Windwagon Smith * Adventures in Music: Melody* A Symposium on Popular Songs
Legendary Heroes contains episodes of ELFEGO BACA and THE SWAMP FOX, two live-action series that aired in the late 50s and early 60s as part of the weekly WALT DISNEY PRESENTS anthology show. Portrayed by Robert Loggia, Elfego Baca was a late-19th century New Mexican gunslinger who became a law enforcer; SWAMP FOX starred Leslie Nielsen as Revolutionary War figure Francis Marion.
Includes:* 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
The first season serial of SPIN & MARTY and the entire episode of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, which introduced it, comprise the set. Spin Evans (Tim Considine) and Marty Markham (David Stollery) are two of the boys spending their summers at The Triple R ranch, where they engage in various western activities.
Includes:* Tim's screen test* "Return to the Triple R"* Behind-the-scenes still frame gallery* The Mickey Mouse Club #25, Nov. 4, 1955: An Introduction To The Adventures of Spin & Marty* Back In The Saddle With Harry Carey Jr.
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