The Missing Mouse
A moment after a bottle of white shoe polish pours on Jerry, Tom hears on the radio that a white mouse, having swallowed an explosive, has escaped from an experimental…
Little School Mouse
Professor Jerry teaches a course in how to outwit cats, but his pupil seems to know more than Jerry.
The Vanishing Duck
George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck, but his plans are thwarted when it (and, later, Jerry) finds…
T.V. of Tomorrow
A variety of fanciful innovations in “future” T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of…
The Birth of the Robot
This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted…
Somewhere in Dreamland
A poor boy and girl in rags gather wood in the snow. They pass by a tailor, a butcher and a baker, all of whom pity the children. Later, they…
The Fire Fighters
Mickey and others are firemen; they slide down an ostrich’s neck when the alarm sounds. A squealing cat whose tail Mickey pulls acts as the siren. The nearest hydrant isn’t…
The Night Before Christmas
A narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens his bag….
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