This feature chronicles the first stages of "Operation Deepfreeze", a year-long Naval expedition to the South Pole. In addition, director-writer Winston Hibler offers a brief history of Antarctica itself.
Using a miniature lens, Winston Hibler highlights a foray into a beehive, a visit to an ant colony and a time-lapse-photography sequence of blossoming plant life.
_Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)_ re-edited into a two-part television presentation. ) Rob Roy manages to elude the English as he weds his sweetheart, but he inadvertently causes his mother's death when the English try to capture her.
_Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953)_ re-edited into a two-part television presentation. In revenge, Rob Roy captures Inversnaid Fort and plans to continue the fight. When he surrenders King George I pardons Rob Roy and his clan.
Explaining the outset that the concept of athletic training was born of necessity, Goofy scans a scrapbook of his escapades in boxing, swimming, golfing, baseball and other sports.
The story of life in Lapland; a country largely made up of nomadic tribes who follow the reindeer herds, spending their winters in the lowlands and summers in the western mountains. The second part is the featurette "The Alaskan Eskimo".
Photographers Herbert and Trudi Knapp are with the Samoan natives, recording their tapa-cloth weaving, mat-making and fishing techniques. The second part is the "People and Places" entry Holland, explaining their famous dykes.
Promoting "Westward Ho, the Wagons!" starring Fess Parker, Walt Disney relates the history of the Oregon trail, combining footage from the feature film as well as some freshly-shot vignettes. Fess Parker narrates.
A compilation of cartoons for Donald's birthday. Includes a segment with Cubby O'Brien and the Firehouse Five Plus Two; also, Happy Birthday Donald Duck and substituted footage from the new Mickey Mouse Club for the latter segment.
Donald Duck convinces Walt Disney to let him take over the hosting duties for one episode. Then he goes on to host an episode that he calls "The Duckland Four-In-One Show", where he goes through his own versions of the lands of Disneyland.
Dr. Heinz Haber looks at the atom as a potential power source, stressing that strict controls are necessary. He traces the history of the atom through the days of the ancient Greek philosophers to the discoveries of modern scientists.
Walt shows off some magic tricks with the studio props and then turns the show over to the Slave in the Magic Mirror, who hosts a look at some magic-themed cartoons.
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
Winston Hibler narrates about the problems the Crislers faced in filming White Wilderness. The Crislers are photographers sent to Alaska to film the annual fall caribou migration. The program ends with Prowlers of the Everglades.
The history of flight is told in a humorous animated sequence using parts of Victory Through Air Power. Walt Disney also takes viewers to Disneyland by helicopter and shows them some of the flying attractions there.
Walt offers Donald a reward if he can remain on his best behavior for a week, and he sends Jiminy Cricket to check up on him. Segments from Donald Duck cartoons emphasize his temper.
Walt treats the audience to a tour of Disneyland, followed by the Pecos Bill segment of Melody Time (1948), which had been re-edited for television presentation.
The Navajo Indians of the American Southwest and the Blue Men of Morocco are two groups as different as night and day. They both have, however, a love of solitude, independence and the wide open spaces.
We are in Yellowstone Park, seeing Mammoth Hot Springs, the Grand Loop Highway and other attractions. Next is the Oscar-winning short Bear Country, with bears and other woodland creatures caring for their young and foraging for food.
Walt Disney presents a combination live-action and animated drama of America's historical fight for freedom. Includes a segment from Johnny Tremain, depicting the Boston Tea Party and the battle at Concord, and is followed by Ben and Me.
