Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One


The first wave of Walt Disney Treasures was released on December 4, 2001. It includes four different DVD sets. 150,000 sets were produced.

''Mickey Mouse in Living Color''

This set covers the first leg of Mickey Mouse's color career, from 1935 to 1938.

Disc one

1935

1936

Bonus features

Disc two

1937

1938

Bonus features

''Silly Symphonies''

This set is more or less descriptive of "The Best of the Silly Symphonies", with the cartoons presented here in arranged by theme.

Disc one

Fables and Fairy Tales

Favorite Characters

Leonard's Picks

Additional cartoons (via Easter eggs)

Disc two

Nature on Screen

Accent on Music

Leonard's Picks

  • The Skeleton Dance
  • The Ugly Duckling
  • Flowers and Trees
  • Music Land
  • ''The Ugly Duckling''

Additional cartoon (via Easter eggs)

Bonus features

  • Songs of the Silly Symphonies: Leonard Maltin meets with Richard M. Sherman to discuss songs that appear in the Silly Symphonies, including "The World Owes Me a Livin'" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
  • Silly Symphony Souvenirs: Leonard Maltin meets with Dave Smith at the Walt Disney Archives to discuss merchandise inspired by the series
  • Still galleries: Behind-the-scenes and promotional pictures of the Silly Symphony series

''Disneyland, USA''

This set depicts various episodes of the Walt Disney anthology series that take place within and/or are about Disneyland. It includes also the very first episode from the series.

Disc one

Disc two

Bonus features

  • Still gallery: This gallery shows off images of various Disneyland attractions' posters, past and present.
  • The Magic Kingdom and the Magic of Television: Although most of the content of this mini-history of Disneyland is repeated from other intros on these set with a montage of clips from all the episodes presented, it does feature some nuggets of information about Walt's view of the park as a tribute to Americana, his aspiration for the park to have the latest products technology and even a few world leaders that had visited the park.

''Davy Crockett''

This set contains the original five episodes of Davy Crockett which were first shown on the Walt Disney anthology series from 1954-1955. This miniseries was re-released as a DVD Two-Movie Set on September 7, 2004.

Disc one

  • Davy Crockett Indian Fighter: First broadcast on 15 December 1954.
  • Davy Crockett Goes to Congress: First broadcast on 16 January 1955.
  • Davy Crockett at the Alamo: First broadcast on 23 February 1955.

Disc two

  • Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race: First broadcast on 16 November 1955.
  • Davy Crockett and the River Pirates: First broadcast on 14 December 1955.

Bonus features

  • "A Conversation with Fess Parker": Leonard Maltin interviews Fess Parker, who played Davy in the episodes.
  • "The Davy Crockett Craze": Leonard Maltin interviews Paul F. Anderson, author of the book The Davy Crockett Craze.
  • Easter egg: "The Ballad of Davy Crockett": The famous ballad, sung by Fess Parker.
  • Still gallery: Stills from various aspects of the production.