It All Started With A Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)

This 1989 special aired on the Disney Channel and tells the story of Walt Disney and the company that he built.

[@keroppi0420]

I miss the old Disney Channel.

[@chubbiMommi]

I love this doco, I wonder what Disney would think of his company now. What the animation has become. I miss the old Disney.

[@queenmedesa]

He didn't like sequels , for a start

[@bradjames891]

Right right now, Uncle Walt is highly distressed.

[@denismoore1135]

I feel the same way.

[@pianoatthirty]

As someone who has read a few biographies on the man, I can safely say that Walt is turning in his grave. Everything he believed in (storytelling, innovation, experimentation) is no longer a priority at the company and hasn't been for a long time.

[@reneastle8447]

@@pianoatthirty If I had a time machine, I'd convince him to avoid smoking, drinking, and be more of a positive example in real life.

[@ECKohns]

Walt: It all started with a mouse. Oswald, Julius and Alice: Are we a joke to you?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Pete: What about me? At least I was still being used after Alice Julius and Oswald was gone.

[@davidmarcosguerrero5780]

Blancanieves fueron antes cenicienta 1050 dentro después Alicia país maravillas 1951 varios película animación creado mickey mau ma tarde decada trabajaro varios escenarios pelicula cine documentales cuando era adolescente varios niño vieron infancia ver television presonaje disney decoracion más tarde decada trabajaba teatro musical grupo

[@andrepoirier3077]

Walt Disney is a genius, his ideas and creative input moulded the future of animation forever bringing deep rich emotions to life, world would not be the same without Walt Disney, only if he lived another 14 years....

[@Amanda-kh1fg]

He died because he smoked he's not a genius for smoking and dying from lung cancer

[@CompetitiveAudio]

Superhero Pink His cause of death is irrelevant, as there are many different ways to die. What is important is the incredible entertainment legacy he left behind. The hundreds if not thousands of animated shorts created by his talented crew, Disneyland/World would not have existed without someone willing to take the risks required to create a company such as his. I am a huge fan of animation, and while Disney's style is not my #1 favorite (#1 is Warner Brothers) Disney certainly ranks in the top three...

[@princessgogo1996]

Superhero Pink to be fair, when he died, people in general didn't know smoking was bad for you

[@Walt_Xander94]

***** Actually, Anime dates back further. The Mickey Mouse cartoons, dates back to 1928. While anime, dates back to 1907, or further than that, because, Kamishibai, considered a precursor to modern anime & manga, was a storytelling method used for centuries, it originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th Century, and was revived during the Great Depression. So anime still would've been around if Walt Disney wasn't.

[@Walt_Xander94]

***** Walt had nothing to do with that either. I checked, the large anime eyes, dates back to Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy, who was inspired by early cartoon characters like Betty Boop, who was created by another pioneer in animated cartoons, Max Fleischer. He was around *before* Walt Disney was, and he invented the Rotoscope, so if it wasn't for him, the Snow White film wouldn't have been made, or at least, not in the way Walt & his animators made it

[@14ls98]

This is the Disney Company that disney fans wants now. Today's management sucks. Bring the magic back.

[@hamursh]

This was RIGHT before The Little Mermaid was released and a whole renaissance of Disney animation was about to begin!

[@AccipiterSmith]

Maybe this docu is a sort of prelude to the Disney renaissance.

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah I know

[@orboakin8074]

Thanks for explaining this😲😲👍👍I was wandering why it wasn't featured in the doc. Then agian, I was also bornin 94 so I don't usually remember Little mermaid was released😂😂

[@Cassy1984]

R.i.p Walter Elias Disney 1901-1966. It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney

[@KayJayAre51]

Oswald was Walt's first character, but he made him when he was working with Universal Pictures. He lost the trademark to Oswald when he was seperated from the project and then made Mickey Mouse. He then rose to fame and became the face of Disney. No one really knew about Oswald until "Epic Mickey" came out. Everyone should know about Oswald. It's quite an interesting story.

[@snixsys]

Actually, Julius the cat from his Alice comedies predates Oswald ...

[@seannaniganss]

Actually, Julius appeared earlier than the Alice cartoons, he predates all the way from the Laugh-O-Grams from 1922 - 1923.

[@snixsys]

Walt's picture of Rupert the horse hardly qualifies as a commercial endeavor. But if that's the direction you head; then his and sister's tar scratching on the white-washed wall predates the horse drawing ...

[@EliToons]

I get confused the name with the octopus.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Oswald? Yeah, I hear he shot Kennedy...

[@edcampion3998]

Walt disney movies were part of my childhood and will be part of kids childhood now and forever.That in my opinion will be his legacy and immortality.

[@oscarstrokosz2986]

Greatest business man ever. Actually knew he had to invest money into his workers' craftsmanship and thought about long term goals.

[@bulletproofKevlar]

actually he didn't e was one of the worse boss in history he also didn't know how to draw a single character he stole the characters ...we was a good business man but he didn't do crap for his employees . look up disney strike . when he was going through a mental break during dumbo the company did major changes behind his back due to a mass strike . he was also racist and sexist and if he found out you were foreign decent or hated you would call the fbi and claim you were a communist and get your deported or worse

[@3rd_Century]

bulletproofKevlar Where you got your information it was wrong. You need to do some research.

[@oscarstrokosz2986]

bulletproofKevlar Sexist? Yeah kinda. Racist? No. He wouldn't have hired Floyd Norman if he was.

[@bulletproofKevlar]

gmcco123 um look it up he did it several times in fact there are recordings of the strike and of disney in trials. and song of the south? racist talking crows? or watch secret lives of walt disney it's all well known

[@pianoatthirty]

@@bulletproofKevlar you sound like you're just looking for things to be offended by.

[@bradjames891]

Oliver and Company was the first movie my parents took me to the theater to see.

[@AndyG13GLA]

There should be a Disney Nostalgia/History section showing more of the old stuff & Walt’s history on Disney+ where the can honour Walt’s legacy. After all he started the whole company. They could show the older cartoons, the shows like “Wonderful World of Color”, & even the old shows like “Zorro” etc. I feel the current people in charge are so obsessed in moving the company away from Walt’s vision & legacy of work that it’s almost unrecognisable as having any Disney Magic. I don’t care if they have to put “disclaimers” at the start of all the old shows that were products of their time. It’s his history & heritage & without him we wouldn’t have what we have today - & they wouldn’t have the jobs they’ve got. Give us a Nostalgia/History/Legacy section where we can remember Walt, not bought in stuff like Marvel etc.

[@ralphrabang8565]

❤11stewďr4z

[@wynonnamareeuy]

Luckily, Oswald returned home to the Walt Disney Company almost 4 decades after Walt's death in 2006. Walt may have live to see the homecoming, but I bet he's already witnessing it from Heaven, smiling down from there and saying 'Welcome home, Oswald'.

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

Oswald was not forgotten for many years! Walter Lantz (More well known for creating for Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda) made tons of Oswald cartoons, comics and heck even Merchandise! That stupid misconception comes from Epic Mickey.

[@bradjames891]

God bless Uncle Walt: one of my heroes. He's up there with Cristoforo Colombo and Tony Dungy.

[@vibeofthee80s_]

This is a fantastic documentary:-) thank you for uploading, I surely miss the old Disney Channel ; (

[@FattyCakezBunbunz]

learning a lot through these Walt Disney documentaries. Especially on about how to get off the ground and be as big as Walt- it all started with the relationships with his fellow artists :)

[@anniefinch6843]

My favorite disney movies are Sleeping Beauty, Fantasia, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp, Mary Poppins, and The Sword in the Stone. My favorite disney cartoons are The Old Mill, The Pointer, Magician Mickey, Flowers and Trees, The Wise Little Hen(because it introduces us to Donald Duck), and Out of Scale and Clock Cleaners. Don't get dizzy Goofy! I love the Disney characters and music.

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

This is so amazing the return of Walter disney.. Beautiful and the same is needed now

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

The voice of the narrator of this first tv documentary that honors Mr.Disney's efforts was character actor and vo performer:Mason Adams..best remembered as "Charlie Hume" on"Lou Grant".

[@hgwilt1]

I was 4 years old when this came out I don't remember if I saw or not probably not but thanks for the upload.

[@orboakin8074]

I have been a fan of Walt Disney (the creator and the old studio) since my childhood in Nigeria and I absolutely love watching these documentaries🤩🤩Seeing the creativity and love/dedication to art and entertainment from them, even as far back as the 1930s, is simply amazing! I may not care much for modern disney but old disney will always have a special place in my heart.

[@KingCharis]

That was beautiful, thank you so much for uploading this you are forever in my debt. I am honestly at tears, I feel as if my heart is going to burst. This and will forever be just as Walter Elias Disney in my heart.

[@BKDBrian2]

Walt himself may have once stated that it all started with a mouse, but in my opinion, it really all started with a man - Walt Disney.

[@SpaceCattttt]

All our lives started with a mouse...

[@Subscribers53]

Walt Elias Disney He Created of A Mouse to Make Cartoon And Animators And Animated Movies

[@sakurasoh]

Oh... love this and everything by disney

[@taliagmail.com2005]

The first Disney film I watched as a kid was snowhite in 2010 when I was 5 years old

[@candyandgumdrop3201]

Mine was mickey mouse Clubhouse

[@taliagmail.com2005]

@@candyandgumdrop3201 nice but thats tv show not a film

[@shaunnapierro1608]

Like when they show him drawing...amazing

[@JoseCastro-rd3tb]

Thank u 4 all the best movies shows and shorts

[@watchforever1724]

Thanks for showing this documentary

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

God is so good. God bless disney. This company is able to fix the film. Walt just showed us all the dream isn't over.

[@JM-rq1gd]

Thank you so much for uploading!!!

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Somehow in 1955 Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney is Grand Opening today on July 17, 1955 Disneyland Resort and Theme Park in Anaheim, California, 92802. Sometimes in June 14, 1959 Disneyland in Tomorrowland, Monorail System and Submarine Voyage.

[@philippmatoza]

great post

[@ryanferrier9964]

I don't care about the subliminal messages, Disney was the undisputed leader of entertainment in the 20th century.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

How ever Walt Disney start animated films in 1950's the 12th animated feature fantasy film Cinderella, some how Walt Disney with his Directors of Animated Films Hamilton Lusk, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson. Now the 13th Animated Film of 1951 Alice in Wonderland and the 14th Animated Film of 1953 Peter Pan, somehow the Young Actress is name Kathryn Beaumount the voice of Alice and Wendy Darling, sometime Young Actor is name is Bobby Driscoll he was a Child actor of character of Johnny from Song of the South, as himself from Melody Time and as Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island, and now he had voice of Peter Pan.

[@ACcountryFan]

A great look into the Disney universe up to that point. It's interesting how the narrator and those in the documentary pronounce the name of Ub Iwerks. In this documentary they pronounce his name "Ooh B" or "You B" and in documentaries about Looney Tunes his name is pronounced as it looks.

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

This is so beautiful thank you

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Somehow in 1933 Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney hired of Music Composers of Film Score, the names of Music Composers, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, William Lava, Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith, Alex North, Franz Waxman, George Burns, Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Lionel Newman, Emil Newman, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Herbert Stothart

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Fortunately back in 1920's at the Disney Studios Collected of Sound Stages, Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 and 5 Stage 6 and 7 The Sound Stages is Compelete. Untill the Sound Stages is set. Somehow Disney Studios have a Water Tower of the Departmant right at Disney Studios 01 Story Department 02 Animation Department 03 Layout and Background Department 04 Ink and Paint Department 05 Camera Department and 06 Screening Room And now with the Music, Sound Effects , ADR, Dialogue and Foley at Disney Studios Scoring Stage Re Recording, ADR and Dialogue Foley Stage.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

One day in 1940's to 50's Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney had a good idea He and Roy and His TV Makers to make a Television Series, They had own Television Distribution Disney Television.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Discover How in 1933 to 40's and 50's Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney has also Hired of Music Film Score Orchestrations the names are Edward H. Plumb, Arthur Morton, Alexander Courage, Joseph Dubin, Franklyn Marks, Walter Sheets, Herbert W. Spencer and Greig McRitchie.

[@Tniaaa2345]

I love disney and mickey ❤

[@terrimcsorley1785]

One day in 1950 Walt Disney is Walking around the tree of orange in Anaheim, California he is so very clever but Walt Disney had a plan he'll make a Theme Park.

[@HansvanderVeen]

Very good documentary! Thanks!

[@mattweaver3199]

wonderful

[@Plu09530]

Thank you! :D

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

The story was true now this is a day to celebrate.

[@Wau60]

Amazing

[@eliseolopez2790]

This old techniques surpasses the new

[@TLSoulDude]

02:09 Tony Anselmo? That's the guy who voices Donald Duck!

[@federicot3404]

Grazie mille

[@yosefdemby8792]

6:43 It was the first cartoon in _three-strip Technicolor_ ! There's a difference!

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Sometimes in 1958 Walt Disney had an Idea he would make 3 Animated Feature Films of Super Technirama 70 Widescreen Sleeping Beauty(1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians(1961) and The Sword in the Stone (1963) Walt Disney had a Composer William Lava he will make a Film Score of animated films.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

somehow in 1957 new sound engineer His name is Robert Hathaway is Hired by Walt Disney, Bob Hathaway make a Sound Enigneer with Robert O. Cook Sound Director and Herb Taylor Sound Supervisor in a film is Old Yeller

[@terrimcsorley1785]

But then of 1955 Walt Disney Had a hired of new Animators of Young People name Burny Mattinson, David Michener, Doug Crane, Don Bluth and Floyd Norman. Back in 1940's to 50's Walt Disney has a hired of new Animators of Young People names of Hal Sutherland, Eric Cleworth, Dick Lucas, Frank Andrina, John Sparey.

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

This is love

[@ev4898]

“It all started with a mouse” - Walt Disney

[@Flapperdame16]

I think in today's world when people say Disney is crap, they mean Disney the company. Disney the man was a true Genius and innovative man who was a real dreamer and doer. I don't believe the anti semitic rumors or rumors that he was a "bad man", he had his demons sure (smoked and drank alcohol behind closed doors) but who doesn't have demons? Walt Disney was a legend.

[@arjanefteling]

2 people work for dreamworks.

[@federicot3404]

The callor of Spooky’s monny

[@heathinvaderstudios]

nice!

[@FattyCakezBunbunz]

1:22:50 Little did they know... in the future of the 2020s...Guess Michael Eisner wasn't so bad after all

[@MrGabeanator]

wow cool

[@SquidKidProductions777]

"The following presentation is closed captions for the hearing impaired." The presentation: *doesn't have any closed captions* Me: hopefully I can just turn on the captions. (I'm not hearing impaired btw) The captions: *disabled* Me: WTF?!

[@eliseolopez2790]

School of self improvement,walt Disney

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Just the then in 1940's Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney also Hired of Music Film Score Composers, Buddy Baker, Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Ron Goodwin and Henry Mancini. Untill of 1950's Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney has Hired of New Music Film Scores Composers, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, John Barry and Ennio Morricone.

[@wolf2912]

Rip Walt Disney ❤😢

[@patrickhicks9880]

they should do the walt disney story in cartoon form

[@dumontpictures7303]

This is a rather useless comment but, I find it a little charming that some of these former Disney artists are using VHS tapes to use as an example of their work.

[@victoriagrayson5082]

*It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)

[@Polit_Burro]

It all started with a cat drawn by Ubb Iwerks, who was skrood, blood and tattood by the king of Mickey Mouse amusements.

[@gabrieldassi8591]

24:05 Disney SFX Wizard Jimmy MacDonald doing his famous chimney lamp growls!

[@gabrieldassi8591]

24:22 What on hell is this?

[@gabrieldassi8591]

24:32 Jimmy MacDonald and a Sicilian juice harp.

[@gabrieldassi8591]

25:01 Jimmy MacDonald using an old empty wallet.

[@andy_boisky4325]

It really brings out the lows. Best picture is with the grizzly fighting a bull.

[@gabrieldassi8591]

@@andy_boisky4325 I thought it would.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

However of 1946, 1950's to 60's Walt Disney and Roy O' Disney Has a Hired of Film score Music Editors Name is Al Teeter, Evelyn Kennedy, Jack Wadsworth, Kenneth Hall, Kenneth Wannberg and Jim Henrickson.

[@terrimcsorley1785]

Meanwille back in 1940's Walt Disney and Others to Make a Live Action Rian and Snow On a Black Background of Live Action Effects on a Photostats of the Print of Camera. Somehow Live Action Reference of Photostats of Rotoscope. The Live Action Reference on a Stage, the Animators Drawing Skecthing Pictures on Live Action Models.

[@TheStOne1]

Where are the close captions for the hearing impaired?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Also Flowers and Trees was the first 3 Strip Technicolor short not the first color short.

[@user-kt5wt5hf7u]

That's how all it begins

[@ramonar6180]

I love Disney, but he usually always kills the mother or separates the mother and child. Walt lost his mother and I think it comes out in his cartoons. My daughter was born on the day he died only 3 years later. He was a genius. 💕🐞

[@matttredrea1758]

It All Started With A Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)

[@federicot3404]

Museo nazionale

[@federicot3404]

Or Minou Casper Marie’s haunted christmas day for exsimple

[@anniefinch6843]

My disney characters are Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, and Minnie. But there's more characters. Let me know which ones you love.

[@user-wn7nk5nd1h]

i love mickey mouse

[@daviddavenport1485]

It all started with a rabbit the mouse started the success

[@Prathamsinghal]

❤

[@noahmizen7001]

3:49 The root of where Mickey was born from

[@MR_GoldenRobloxian]

Oswald watching this:

[@holyaura9317]

Walt Disney is fucking GOAT. He was a showman in the truest sense of the word. A pioneering force in the world of animation he transformed the entertainment history completely with his innovative ideas and creative visions. In his over 4 decade long career he changed the way the world looked at animation and was solely responsible for ushering in the golden age of animation. Til this day no other person has singularly contributed to the animation industry like he has. If it wasn't for him there would be no anime and manga. Osamu tezuka the godfather of manga the one who started it all was heavily inspired by Walt Disney. He saw the Bambi movie at least 80 times and most of his character designs are similar to walt's characters. He received more academy awards and nominations than any other person in history. Between 1932 and 1969 he won 22 academy awards and was nominated 59 times. Sadly his chain smoking habit lead to lung cancer which he succumbed to but he will forever be an icon in human history RIP WALT DISNEY 🙏

[@georgieippolito9924]

Disney's magic ended with a frog

[@starspike509]

I keep wanting to adjust the tracking ! 😂

[@Meshal11YouTube15]

It’s Cool

[@shnbwmn]

Ah, Frank Thomas :)

[@Kerplunk_]

0:00 I don’t think it fits

[@LadyHawke78]

And to think, this aired in 1989-- JUST prior to the "Disney Renaissance" the started with "The Little Mermaid"... :O (ALSO-- was I the only one amused that there was a commercial for a live-action "Frog Prince" movie at the end??? LOL!!)

[@davidmarcosguerrero5780]

Mejores actuaciones clásicos artistas dibujaba varios días antes empiezara emitir cines clasicos celebrar 30 aniversario pelicula animación iguales nueva York Chicago documentales chicos guapos rubio más muñecos diferentes disney antes navidad varios artistas música

[@datemasamune2904]

Dinner for 35 cents? Dang it!

[@federicot3404]

The blu fery is a Holly lady poil of the holly rosary

[@federicot3404]

Un cucino

[@federicot3404]

Un cacciocavallo

[@turnonmyaxel]

How do they pronuce UB IWERKS name WRONG two minutes in. It's kinda disrespectful mickey had two dads.

[@federicot3404]

Federico Tagliaferri e Annarosa castaldo