• Air date: 12 Sep '56 26 episodes
      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 same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. 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.
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. Antarctica: Past and Present

      12 Sep '56
    • 2. The Great Cat Family

      19 Sep '56
    • 3. Searching for Nature's Mysteries

      26 Sep '56
      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
    • 4. Rob Roy (1)

      03 Oct '56
    • 5. Rob Roy (2)

      10 Oct '56
    • 6. Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports

      17 Oct '56
    • 7. Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo

      24 Oct '56
    • 8. The Plausible Impossible

      31 Oct '56
      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.
    • 9. Cameras in Samoa/The Holland Story

      07 Nov '56
    • 10. Along the Oregon Trail

      14 Nov '56
      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.
    • 11. At Home with Donald Duck

      21 Nov '56
      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.
    • 12. Pluto's Day

      12 Dec '56
    • 13. Your Host, Donald Duck

      16 Jan '57
    • 14. Our Friend, the Atom

      23 Jan '57
      "Our Friend the Atom" is a 1957 episode of the television series Disneyland describing the benefits of atomic power.
    • 15. All About Magic

      30 Jan '57
      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.
    • 16. Tricks of Our Trade

      13 Feb '57
      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.
    • 17. The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades

      27 Feb '57
    • 18. Man in Flight

      06 Mar '57
    • 19. The Adventure Story

      20 Mar '57
      Goofy? An Adventure Story? That's the theme for today's episode.
    • 20. Donald's Award

      27 Mar '57
      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.
    • 21. Disneyland the Park/Pecos Bill

      03 Apr '57
    • 22. People of the Desert

      10 Apr '57
    • 23. More About the Silly Symphonies

      17 Apr '57
    • 24. The Yellowstone Story/Bear Country

      01 May '57
    • 25. The Liberty Story

      29 May '57
      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.