Shorts
Series
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Armed Forces Shorts
1 series, 77 cartoons -
Chip an' Dale
3 cartoons -
Donald Duck
127 cartoons -
Educational
4 series, 159 cartoons -
Figaro
3 cartoons -
Goofy
49 cartoons -
Humphrey Bear
2 cartoons -
Lafflets
8 cartoons -
Laugh-O-gram
9 cartoons -
Mickey Mouse
123 cartoons -
Newman Laugh-O-grams
1 cartoon -
Pluto
47 cartoons -
Silly Symphonies
75 cartoons -
Theme Park
6 cartoons -
Unproduced Shorts
69 cartoons
About Shorts
Most of the Disney animated cartoons have achieved classic status in our minds, as part of our childhood and our memories. The classic Disney animated shorts are what brought many of our favorite Disney cartoon characters into our lives. These are the official Disney animated cartoons series from the classic period. You will occasionally see shorts in one series you might expect to see in another- Don Donald is surprisingly classified as a Mickey Mouse short, even though Mickey does not even appear in the short! Have fun as you look through the many series of shorts produced by The Walt Disney Studios, and find out who the people are who made these great Disney animated cartoons.
Episode guide
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Clara Cleans Her Teeth
Clara is taught the reasons she should keep her teeth clean through an animated nightmare sequence.
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Parade Of The Award Nominees
A short made especially for the 1932 Academy Awards show; it features a small parade of the nominees for best actor and actress. In order they were Wallace Beery for "The Champ" (with Jacki…
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The Hot Choc-Late Soldiers
A short bit of animation used in the feature "Hollywood Party." The soldiers from the Pastry Village must defend the town against the attacking Chocolate Soldiers. The Chocolate Soldiers ev…
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Servants' Entrance
Produced for a dream sequence in a feature film, various kitchen utensils revolt, at the behest of an egg. They sing their grievances to a sleeping Heddie Nisson; when she awakes, the egg f…
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Ferdinand The Bull
Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight…
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Education For Death
A Walt Disney wartime propaganda look into the mind of Hans, a boy born into a German family. Watch as his attitude about the value of human life degrades as he is exposed to Hitler Youth a…
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Water, Friend Or Enemy
This educational propaganda short instructed the Latin America audience on how to prevent contamination of the water supply. Steps were shown on how to construct well housings to prevent se…
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Reason And Emotion
A subtle propaganda film features the two halves of a man's (and woman's) mind; the rational half and the emotional half, as they each try to gain control over a person's actions.
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Chicken Little
The traditional story of the little chicken who believes that the sky is falling ... but with a decidedly different ending. This adaptation of the tale points up the danger of believing and…
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El Gaucho Goofy
Enter Goofy as a cowboy from the United States is transported to the Pampas of Argentina to become the gaucho. First a change of outfits, then he meets his horse. There are misadventures wi…
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The Pelican And The Snipe
Two friends live in Uruguay: Monte, a sleep-flying pelican, and Vidi, the sleep-deprived snipe who watches over him to prevent harm. The pair "set up light housekeeping in a lighthouse." Th…
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How To Ride A Horse
Goofy has a difficult time trying to ride a horse.
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The Brave Engineer
Casey Jones is one of the best engineers there is and it is his duty to get his cargo to its destination in time via train. He sets off but is set back by a number of unfortunate circumstan…
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Morris The Midget Moose
A bootle beetle elder tells the story of Morris, the moose about the size of a rabbit. Thunderclap the moose is taking on all challengers, and Morris decides to try, much to the amusement o…
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Lambert The Sheepish Lion
The stork mistakenly delivers Lambert, a baby lion, to a flock of sheep. The mother won't let the stork take him back, so Lambert is raised as a sheep, but he just doesn't fit in. He grows…
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Susie The Little Blue Coupe
From a brand new car in a showroom that draws every eye, to a discard in a second-hand lot and ultimately Skid Row, Susie's story has the highest of highs, and plummets to the lowest of low…
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The Little House
A small house has to try to compete with progress and the encroaching press of the big city.
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Melody (Adventures In Music)
Professor Owl teaches his music class (full of birds) about melody and its importance to the world of music. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he…
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Football Now And Then
An old-timer tells his grandson that old-time football players could take a modern team, so we see a game with just that match-up: Bygone U. vs. Present State. Even the stadium, fans, and p…
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Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom
In this short subject (which represents a departure from Disney's traditional approach to animation), a stuffy owl teacher lectures his feathered flock on the origins of musical instruments…
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Ben And Me
Amos, a poor little church mouse, comes to live with the fabulous Ben Franklin and through Amos's suggestions the Franklin stove and bifocals are invented, electricity is discovered, and th…
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Two For The Record
This "short" combines the two Benny Goodman segments from the omnibus feature Make Mine Music, namely, "After You've Gone" and "All The Cats Join In."
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Johnnie Fedora And Alice Bluebonnet
The riches-to-rags love story of two hats (complete with eyeballs) set in New York City in the Gay Nineties. Two hats, Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet, fall in love in a department stor…
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Pigs Is Pigs
Flannery is a station master who does everything by the book. One day, a package of guinea pigs arrives at his station. Flannery assumes by their name that they are pigs but one customer, M…
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The Martins And The Coys
The comically feuding Martins and Coys kill off all members of both families until only Grace Martin and Henry Coy remain. They fall for each other and get married, but the feud is born aga…
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Casey Bats Again
Casey the mighty baseball player wants a son to follow in his footsteps, but has only daughters.
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Casey At The Bat
The poem "Casey At Bat" is performed as a musical animated tale. Casey is portrayed as a ladies' man, more concerned with his image towards his female fans than his batting practice. His ey…
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Little Toot
A small tugboat just wants to be like his dad, but can't seem to keep out of trouble. He's banished beyond the twelve mile limit, but comes to save the day as a storm brews.
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Willie The Operatic Whale
News comes to the music and science world of a whale that can sing opera. The news is met with disbelief and jeers from the musical and science communities. One person who may have a differ…
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Once Upon A Wintertime
A December valentine features the memories of a romantic couple in their courting days. The boy tries to show off for his girl on the ice, but events soon turn to a possible tragedy and a t…
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Social Lion
The King of Beasts makes the mistake of allowing himself to be captured in order to experience civilization. The lion is trapped by the safari and brought to New York, where he's accidental…
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Contrasts In Rhythm
Two segments taken from the feature Melody Time (1948): "Trees," by Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians, and "Bumble Boogie," by Freddy Martin And His Orchestra.
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Pedro
In this variation of "The Little Engine That Could," the story is about a family of planes: the father, mother and a young son named Pedro. One day, Pedro must fly his sick father's mail ro…
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Aquarela do Brasil
Featuring Donald Duck, Joe Carioca
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The Flying Gauchito
Featuring The Gauchito, Donkey
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Peter And The Wolf
An animated version of the classic fairy tale of Peter, a small Russian boy who goes out to hunt a wolf, and who almost bites off more than he can chew!
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Johnny Appleseed
A retelling of the story of John Chapman, who spent his life roaming America and planting apple trees, thus earning his nickname. He's an apple farmer who sees people going West and thinks…
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Jack And Old Mac
A two-part short; the first part a telling of "The House that Jack Built", the second, a hillbilly family sings the song "Old MacDonald" as "Old MacDonald Had a Band."
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A Cowboy Needs A Horse
A young boy dreams of life as a cowboy, mending fences, fighting off Indians and "riding... riding along."
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The Story Of Anyburg U.S.A.
The problem of traffic are examined by the city of Anyburg in judicial court as several automobiles are tried for various crimes and declared "not guilty," since it is the people who drive…
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The Truth About Mother Goose
We learn the true stories behind various nursery rhymes. Little Jack Horner: a servant to a city official was delivering a present to King Henry VIII, baked, as was the custom of the time,…
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Mars And Beyond
Using comical animation, a narrator discusses the potential for life on Mars. A fleet of huge umbrella-shaped spacecraft (from a large human expedition) utilizing ion propulsion gently spir…
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Paul Bunyan
In this adaptation of the American tall tale of modern technology pushing aside old traditions, the legendary giant lumberjack of the North (accompanied by his loyal companion, an equally h…
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Our Friend The Atom
A scientist explains the early principles of atomic energy through the development of the atom bomb in the 1950s.
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The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
When Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones rival for the lovely Katrina, their fate is decided by a mysterious spirit who appears at midnight: the dreaded Headless Horseman!
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Noah's Ark
A retelling of the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark with stop-motion animation.
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Goliath II
Goliath is a miniature elephant who is ostracized from the herd because of his size. But his size comes in handy when he has to rescue the herd from an invader: a mouse!
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The Saga Of Windwagon Smith
Windwagon Smith blows into town with a strange contraption: a Conestoga wagon outfitted with a wind sail. The town fathers figure that since a small windwagon does so well, a big one must d…
