Film Trailers

Trailer for the 1937 animated fairy tale film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Plot: A young girl on the cusp of womanhood is perceived a threat to her wicked stepmother and takes refuge among seven dwarfs. Starring Adriana Caselotti as Snow White Lucille La Verne as the Queen & Witch Roy Atwell as Doc Pinto Colvig as Grumpy Colvig also voiced Sleepy Otis Harlan as Happy Scotty Mattraw as Bashful Billy Gilbert as Sneezy Eddie Collins as Dopey Harry Stockwell as the Prince Moroni Olsen as the Magic Mirror, Stuart Buchanan as the Huntsman Songs by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, & Paul Smith Story by Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith Directed by David Hand Release date December 21, 1937 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1940 Americana fantasy film based the serialized book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Plot: A living marionette on his quest to become a real boy. Starring Dickie Jones as Pinocchio Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket Christian Rub as Geppetto Clarence Nash as Figaro Walter Catlett as "Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow Mel Blance as Gideon the Cat Charles Judels as Stromboli & the Coachman Evelyn Venable as the Blue Fairy Frankie Darro as Lampwick Thurl Ravenscroft as Monstro the Whale Songs by Leigh Harline & Ned Washington. Story adapted by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, & Aurelius Battaglia Directed by Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske Release date February 7, 1940 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1940 roadshow art film. Plot: Walt Disney's artistic masterpiece about man's quest for God. Starring Leopold Stokowski Deems Taylor Story by Joe Grant & Dick Huemer Directed by Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson, & Wilfred Jackson Release date November 13, 1940 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Teaser Trailer for the 1941 Americana fantasy film based on the roller-book Dumbo, the Flying Elephant by Helen Aberson & Harold Pearl Plot: Davy A young elephant learns his handicap is actually a gift and overcomes adversity. Starring Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse Verna Felton as Elephant Matriarch & Mrs. Jumbo Cliff Edwards as Jim Crow[ Herman Bing as The Ringmaster Sterling Holloway as Mr. Stork Margaret Wright as Casey Junior The Hall Johnson Choir as Crow Chorus Hall Johnson as Deacon Crow James Baskett as Fats Crow Nick Stewart as Specks Crow Jim Carmichael as Dopey Crow The King's Men as Roustabout Chorus Noreen Gammill as Elephant Catty Dorothy Scott as Elephant Giddy Sarah Selby as Elephant Prissy Billy Bletcher as Clown Malcolm Hutton as Smitty John McLeish as the narrator Songs by Frank Churchill & Oliver Wallace Story adapted by Joe Grant & Dick Huemer Directed by Ben Sharpsteen Release date October 23, 1941 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1941 Americana fantasy film based on the roller-book Dumbo, the Flying Elephant by Helen Aberson & Harold Pearl Plot: Davy A young elephant learns his handicap is actually a gift and overcomes adversity. Starring Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse Verna Felton as Elephant Matriarch & Mrs. Jumbo Cliff Edwards as Jim Crow[ Herman Bing as The Ringmaster Sterling Holloway as Mr. Stork Margaret Wright as Casey Junior The Hall Johnson Choir as Crow Chorus Hall Johnson as Deacon Crow James Baskett as Fats Crow Nick Stewart as Specks Crow Jim Carmichael as Dopey Crow The King's Men as Roustabout Chorus Noreen Gammill as Elephant Catty Dorothy Scott as Elephant Giddy Sarah Selby as Elephant Prissy Billy Bletcher as Clown Malcolm Hutton as Smitty John McLeish as the narrator Songs by Frank Churchill & Oliver Wallace Story adapted by Joe Grant & Dick Huemer Directed by Ben Sharpsteen Release date October 23, 1941 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1942 travelog package feature film celebrating South American culture. Plot: Donald Duck is introduced to the culture and customs of Latin America via his new friend,José Carioca, This was the first of a proposed series of films for the United States Department of State as part of the Good Neighbor policy. Starring Lee Blair – himself Mary Blair – herself Pinto Colvig – Goofy Walt Disney – himself Norman Ferguson – himself Frank Graham – himself Clarence Nash – Donald Duck José do Patrocínio Oliveira – José Carioca Fred Shields – narrator Frank Thomas – himself Stuart Buchanan – flight attendant Songs by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott, Charles Wolcott, Ned Washington, Ary Barroso, & Zequinha de Abreu Story by Homer Brightman, William Cottrell, Richard Huemer, Joe Grant, Harold Reeves, Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Roy Williams, & Ralph Wright Directed by Norm Ferguson Release date August 24, 1942 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1942 nature adventure film based on the novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten Plot: Coming of age story about a young deer and his friends in the forest. Starring Donnie Dunagan as Bambi Bobby Stewart as Baby Bambi Hardie Albright as Adolescent Bambi John Sutherland as Young Adult Bambi Peter Behn as Thumper, a rabbit friend of Bambi's Tim Davis as Adolescent Thumper Sam Edwards as Young Adult Thumper Paula Winslowe as Bambi's Mother and the Pheasant Stan Alexander as Flower Tim Davis as Adolescent Flower Sterling Holloway as Young Adult Flower Will Wright as Friend Owl Cammie King as Faline Ann Gillis as Young Adult Faline Fred Shields as Great Prince of the Forest Margaret Lee as Mrs. Rabbit Mary Lansing as Aunt Ena and Mrs. Possum Perce Pearce as Mr. Mole Thelma Boardman as Girl Bunny, Quail Mother, Female Pheasant Songs by Larry Morey & Frank Churchill Story by Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, & Ralph Wright Directed by David Hand Release date August 9, 1942 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1944 travelog package feature film celebrating South American culture. Plot: Donald Duck is introduced to the culture and customs of Latin America via his new friends, José Carioca, This was the first of a proposed series of films for the United States Department of State as part of the Good Neighbor policy. Starring Clarence Nash as Donald Duck José do Patrocínio Oliveira as José Carioca Joaquin Garay as Panchito Pistoles Pinto Colvig as the Aracuan Bird Aurora Miranda as Yaya Dora Luz Carmen Molina Sterling Holloway as the Narrator Frank Graham as the Narrator Fred Shields as the Narrator Francisco "Frank" Mayorga as the Mexican Guitarist Nestor Amaral as José Carioca's singing voice Trío Calaveras Trío Ascencio del Río Padua Hills Player Carlos Ramírez – Mexico Songs by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, & Charles Wolcott Story by Homer Brightman, Ernest Terrazas, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Ralph Wrigh, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, & James Bodrero Directed by Norm Ferguson Release date December 21, 1944 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.

Trailer for the 1943 animated feature based of the book of the same title by Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky. Plot: this adaptation of de Serversky's book was personally funded by Walt and is credited for getting FDR and Churchill to focus on aerial campaigns to win World War II. Starring Maj. Alexander de Seversky as himself Art Baker as narrator Score by Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, and Oliver Wallace. Story by Perce Pearce, T. Hee, Erdman Penner, Bill Cottrell, James Brodero, George Stallings, and Jose Rodriguez Directed by James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, & Jack Kinney, and H.C. Potter Release date July 17, 1943 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company

Trailer for the 1947 animated package feature combining the stories of Jack & the Beanstalk by the Brothers Grimm and Bongo the Bear by Sinclair Lewis. Plot: Bongo the Bear tells the story of a circus bear falling in love. Mickey & the Beanstalk is the story of three friends facing a giant and liberating Laughing Valley from his greed. Jiminy Cricket bridges the sequences together. Starring Edgar Bergen as himself, Charlie McCarthy, & Mortimer Snerd Luana Patten as herself Dinah Shore as singer, the narrator & Lulubelle Jimmy MacDonald as Bongo & Lumpjaw Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse Clarence Nash as Donald Duck Pinto Colvig as Goofy Billy Gilbert as Willie the Giant Anita Gordon as The Golden Harp The King's Men as The bears, & Happy Valley crows Songs by Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith, Eliot Daniel, & Charles Wolcott Story by Homer Brightman, Ernest Terrazas, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Ralph Wrigh, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, & James Bodrero Directed by Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, & William Morgan Release date September 27, 1947 Posted for historical purposes. This channel is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company