List of Disney live-action shorts

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This is a listing of live-action motion picture shorts produced by Walt Disney or The Walt Disney Company, from 1922 to present. This list only includes shorts which were initially released as individual shorts, which excludes the shorts that were originally released as part of Disney features in the 1950s and later re-released as individual shorts. This list also does not include shorts that do not contain any original stock footage. This list includes shorts with both live action and animation only if the majority of the short contains live action. This list does not include any trailers as they are usually edited from the features they are supposed to promote.

Key to the colors used below
Type of film
  Documentary films
  True-Life Adventures
  People & Places
  Related to Theme parks
  Educational film shown in school

Theatrical[]

1920s[]

Series Short film Date Director Notes
n/a Tommy Tucker's Tooth[1] December 6, 1922 Walt Disney Animated insert less than 12 second.
n/a Martha[1] 1923 Walt Disney Song-O-Reel
n/a [1] 1926 Walt Disney Animated insert less than 12 second.

Note: Some of the Alice Comedies shorts were primarily live-action but for consistency's sake they are included on the list of Disney animated shorts.

1940s[]

Series Short film Date Director Notes
Documentary South of the Border with Disney[2] November 23, 1942 Norm Ferguson Behind the scenes, regarding Disney's trip south of the border, also includes some drawings of Disney characters, and some animated pencil test sequences.
Documentary [2] May 29, 1944 Animated inserts (maps) demonstrating location vitiated. Travelogue film
True-Life Adventures Seal Island[2] December 21, 1948

1950s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
True-Life Adventures In Beaver Valley (a.k.a. Beaver Valley)[3] July 19, 1950 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
True-Life Adventures Nature's Half Acre[3] July 28, 1951 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
True-Life Adventures The Olympic Elk[3] February 13, 1952
True-Life Adventures Water Birds[3] June 26, 1952 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
True-Life Adventures Bear Country[3] February 5, 1953 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
People & Places The Alaskan Eskimo[3] February 18, 1953 Won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
True-Life Adventures Prowlers of the Everglades[3] July 23, 1953 Last film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
n/a [3] March 12, 1954 First film distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Inc.
People & Places [3] December 24, 1954 Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
n/a [3] May 25, 1955 aka Nicky and Rock – Working Sheep Dogs.
People & Places [3] June 16, 1955 Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
Theme Parks [3] July 17, 1955 The Tomorrowland attraction, 360 degree film
Theme Parks [3] July 17, 1955 The Tomorrowland attraction
People & Places Men Against the Arctic[3] December 21, 1955 Won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Documentary [3] October 13, 1955
n/a [3] November 6, 1956
People & Places [3] November 15, 1956
People & Places [3] December 20, 1956 The main theme of this short is the Disneyland theme park, but this film was produced as part of People & Places documentary series
People & Places [3] December 25, 1956 Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short (Two Reel)
People & Places [3] February 14, 1957
People & Places [3] February 14, 1957
n/a The Wetback Hound[3] June 19, 1957 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short
n/a [3] July 3, 1957
n/a [3] August 28, 1957
People & Places [3] December 25, 1957
Theme Parks America the Beautiful [3] 1958 (re-released in 1967, 1971, 1980), 360 degree film
People & Places [3] June 10, 1958
People & Places [3] June 11, 1958
Documentary Grand Canyon[3] December 17, 1958 Won an Academy Award for Best Live Short
People & Places [3] December 25, 1958
Documentary [3] March 19, 1959 Nature Documentary one-shot
People & Places [3] March 19, 1959
Documentary June 18, 1959
True-Life Adventures [3] December 16, 1959 Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short

1960s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Theme Parks [4] January 21, 1960
True-Life Adventures [4] March 16, 1960
People & Places [4] April 6, 1960
People & Places [4] April 27, 1960
n/a The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon[4] August 10, 1960
Documentary The Horse with the Flying Tail[4] December 21, 1960
Theme Parks [4] 1961 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks [4] 1962
n/a [4] June 13, 1963
Theme Parks [4] 1964
n/a [4] December 18, 1964
Theme Parks [4] 1964
n/a [4] January 28, 1965
n/a [4] July 29, 1966
Documentary November 1966
Theme Parks EPCOT[4] 1967
Theme Parks Canada '67[4] 1967 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks Flight to the Moon[4] 1967
Theme Parks America the Beautiful[4] June 21, 1967 Circle-Vision 360° film
n/a The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle[4] June 21, 1967
Documentary [4] September 1967
Theme Parks [4] April 30, 1969
n/a [4] June 11, 1969
Theme Parks [4] September 1969
Theme Parks [4] June 11, 1969

1970s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
n/a [5] September 30, 1970 Animated stop-motion special effects in otherwise live action-featurette film
Theme Parks [5] 1971
Documentary [5] October 1, 1971
Documentary The Magic of Walt Disney World[6] December 22, 1972 Documentary film about Walt Disney World theme Park.
Theme Parks The Walt Disney Story[6] April 8, 1973
Documentary [7] September 1973
Theme Parks [8] March 16, 1974 Circle-Vision 360° film shown in Disney theme parks
Documentary Sequoyah[8] September 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsI1YZkhyYw
Documentary December 6, 1974 Handful of still drawings of monsters and animated monsters, as an insert in otherwise live-action film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72eI_EA4rc
Theme Parks [9] 1977 Promotional film for Epcot
n/a [5] July 7, 1979

1980s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
n/a Frankenweenie[10] December 12, 1984 Live-action short film, Remade as feature length stop-motion animation film in 2012.
Theme Parks [10] June 1, 1981 Promotional film
Theme Parks [10] June 1, 1981 Promotional film
Theme Parks [10] 1982 Animatronic robot explains the car production assembly line.
Theme Parks [10] June 1982 Film about Disneyland theme Park
Theme Parks Magic Journeys[10] September 1982 3-d film
Theme Parks Symbiosis[10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks Impressions de France[10] October 1, 1982 220° film
Theme Parks O Canada![10] October 1, 1982 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks Wonders of China[10] October 1, 1982 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks [10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks [10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks The Eternal Sea[10] April 15, 1983 200 degree film,
Theme Parks [10] September 1980 Promotional film
Theme Parks [10] September 1983 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks Magic Journeys[10] September 1982 3-d film
Theme Parks Symbiosis[10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks Impressions de France[10] October 1, 1982 220° film
Theme Parks O Canada![10] October 1, 1982 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks Wonders of China[10] October 1, 1982 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks [10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks [10] October 1, 1982 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks The Eternal Sea[10] April 15, 1983 200 degree film,
Theme Parks [10] September 1980 Promotional film
Theme Parks [10] September 1983 Epcot attraction
Theme Parks [10] January 1984 Souvenir home video
Theme Parks [10] July 4, 1984 Features the Orville the Albatross from The Rescuers in a film that combines live action and animation.
Theme Parks [10] July 4, 1984 ath
Theme Parks [10] July 11, 1985 Promotional film.
Theme Parks [10] May 2, 1986 Circle-Vision 360° film
Theme Parks Captain EO[10] September 12, 1986 Live-action film featuring Michael Jackson
Theme Parks Star Tours[10] January 9, 1987 Ride film, Star Wars themed.
Theme Parks The Lottery[10] May 1, 1989 Minimal special effects explanation
Theme Parks [10] May 1, 1989 Michael Eisner and Mickey Mouse costumed (not animated), intro Epcot attractions trailers.
Theme Parks Body Wars [10] October 19, 1989 Guests are shrunken to the size of a blood cell and taken through the blood stream. Directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Tim Matheson and Dakin Matthews.
Theme Parks The Making of Me[10] October 30, 1989 Explores the topic of human conception and birth. Hosted by Martin Short. Includes an animated segment where the egg fertilizes the sperm.

1990s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Theme Parks The Bones and Muscles Get Rhythm[11] January 26, 1990 Epcot film about the human body
Theme Parks The Brain and the Nervous System Think Science[11] January 26, 1990 Epcot film about the human body
Theme Parks The Heart and Lungs Play Ball[11] January 26, 1990 Epcot film about the human body
Theme Parks [11] December 5, 1990 Promotional film for Euro Disney.
Theme Parks [11] 1991 Promotional film for Magic Kingdom.
Theme Parks [11] 1991 Mickey Mouse costumed (not animated) applies for a job at Disney.
Music video [11] April 19, 1991 Music video from the Tilyadrop Tour band and some back stage showings.
Theme Parks [11] April 20, 1991 Promotional film
Theme Parks Muppet*Vision 3D[11] May 16, 1991 Co-produced with Jim Henson Productions, producer of the Muppets.
Theme Parks From Time to Time[11] April 12, 1992 Circle-Vision 360° film, also titled The Timekeeper
Theme Parks Honey, I Shrunk the Audience[11] November 21, 1994 3D film spin off of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film series
Theme Parks [11] 1996 Gardening information
Theme Parks [11] 1996 Gardening information
Theme Parks [11] 1996 Gardening information
Theme Parks [11] 1996 Gardening information
Theme Parks [11] 1996 Gardening information
Theme Parks Ellen's Energy Adventure[11] September 15, 1996 Ellen DeGeneres stars in a film and Audio-Animatronics show about energy

2000s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Theme Parks [12] 2001
Theme Parks [12] February 8, 2001
Theme Parks Golden Dreams[12] February 8, 2001
Theme Parks Soarin' Over California[12] February 8, 2001
Theme Parks Encore[12] September 4, 2001
Theme Parks Reflections of China[12] May 2003
Theme Parks [12] 2004
Theme Parks [12] May 5, 2005
Theme Parks Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years[12] May 5, 2005
Theme Parks [12] May 5, 2005
Theme Parks [12] October 2007
Documentary Roving Mars 2007
Documentary The Pinballs 2009
Documentary Randy Pausch 2009

TV & online[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Documentary Waging Peace[11] November 6, 1996 Originally shown on Disney channel
Theme Parks The Art of Vacationing April 5, 2012 First Screened Online
Theme Parks The Art of Keeping Cool June 30, 2015[13] First screened online
Theme Parks The Art of Fishing June 21, 2016[14] First screened online
Launchpad American Eid May 28, 2021
Launchpad Dinner Is Served May 28, 2021
Launchpad Growing Fangs May 28, 2021
Launchpad The Last of the Chupacabras May 28, 2021
Launchpad Let's Be Tigers May 28, 2021
Launchpad The Little Prince(ss) May 28, 2021

Educational films[]

The following films were produced by Disney Educational to be shown in schools.

1970s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Educational [6] 1972
Educational [6] 1972
Educational Democracy – Equality or Privilege[6] 1972
Educational The Right of Dissent[6] 1972
Educational States' Rights[6] 1972
Educational The Right of Petition[6] 1972
Educational Impeachment of a President[6] 1972
Educational [6] 1972
Educational [7] 1973 About national parks not theme parks.
Educational [15] 1975
Educational 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLqS2SH0mZM
Educational If the Fergi Fits, Wear It[15] September 1975
Educational The Reunion[16] September 1976
Educational Fergi Goes Inc.[9] September 1977
Educational Fergi Diversifies[9] September 1977
Educational Wages and Production[9] September 1977
Educational Scarcity and Planning[9] September 1977
Educational Market Clearing Price[9] September 1977
Educational Demand[9] September 1977
Educational Cost[9] September 1977
Educational Supply[9] September 1977
Educational Property Rights and Pollution[9] September 1977
Educational Fergi Meets the Challenge[9] September 1978
Educational The Events[5] September 1978
Educational The Life Styles[5]
Educational The People[5] September 1978
Educational [5] September 1979
Educational [5] September 1979
Educational [5] September 1979
Educational [5] September 1979
Educational [5] September 1979
Educational Carol Johnston[5] September 1979
Educational Dan Haley[5] September 1979
Educational Tom and Virl Osmond[5] September 1979

1980s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Educational [10] September 1980
Educational Flexibility and Body Composition[10] September 1980
Educational Muscles[10] September 1980
Educational Heart-Lungs[10] September 1980
Educational A Better Way to Go: An Introduction to Non-Manipulative Selling[10] February 1981
Educational The Danbury Secret of Flexible Behavior[10] February 1981
Educational The Voice: Questions that Help You Sell[10] February 1981
Educational [10] September 1981 Uses live-action and animated diagrams.
Educational [10] September 1981
Educational [10] September 1981
Educational What Is Physical Fitness[10] September 1982
Educational How to Get Fit[10] September 1982
Educational Measuring Up[10] September 1982
Educational [10] September 1982
Educational [10] September 1982
Educational [10] September 1982
Educational Why Be Physically Fit?[10] March 1983
Educational Getting Physically Fit[10] March 1983
Educational Physical Fitness[10] March 1983
Educational [10] September 1983
Educational [10] September 1983
Educational [10] September 1983
Educational What a Kid Needs to Know Today: Basic Communication Skills[10] September 1983
Educational What a Kid Needs to Know Today: Living with Change[10] September 1983
Educational What a Kid Needs to Know Today: Living with Computers[10] September 1983
Educational [10] October 1, 1983
Educational [10] March 1984 Includes some minimal stop-motion special effects.
Educational [10] August 1984
Educational [10] August 1984
Educational [10] August 1984
Educational [10] August 1984
Educational [10] August 1984 Minimal use of animated diagrams
Educational [10] August 1984 Minimal use of animated diagrams.
Educational [10] August 1984 Minimal use of animated diarams
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] September 1985 Produced for Walt Disney Educational Media Company by Winterfilm. Minimal animated inserts showing numbers.
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] September 1985
Educational [10] March 1986
Educational Storms[10] March 1986 . interviews, animated diagrams, and some reused animated footage.
Educational AIDS[10] September 1986
Educational Earthquakes[10] September 1986
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] February 1987
Educational [10] August 1987
Educational [10] August 1987 Goofy costumed (not animated) explains with clips from his classic cartoons the importance of good hygiene.
Educational [10] September 1987
Educational [10] September 1987 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1987 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational Electricity[10] September 1987
Educational [10] September 1987 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] March 1988
Educational [10] March 1988
Educational [10] July 5, 1988
Educational [10] August 1988
Educational [10] August 1988
Educational [10] September 1988
Educational [10] September 1988
Educational [10] September 1988 Feature Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated)
Educational [10] September 1988 Costumed Minnie Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1988 Costumed Minnie Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1988 Costumed Minnie Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1988 Figment shows children imagination's involvement in developing ideas.
Educational [10] September 1988 Figment teaches about various comprehension skills through an imaginary safari.
Educational [10] September 1988 Figment demonstrates rhythm in sound and how the five senses can be used to observe the world.
Educational [10] September 1988 Figment teaches observation skills through wordplay.
Educational [10] September 1988 Describing the world through classifying and sequencing..
Educational [10] September 1988 Figment shows the different impressions given by different colors.
Educational [10] September 1988
Educational [10] April 1989
Educational [10] April 20, 1989
educational Like Jake and Me[10] May 9, 1989
educational [10] July 3, 1989
Educational [10] July 27, 1989 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offer kid a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] August 7, 1989 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] August 10, 1989 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] August 18, 1989 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1989 Mostly live-action conversation, but also an animated segment.
Educational [10] September 1989 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1989 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [10] September 1989 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational September 1989 Costumed Mickey Mouse (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational September 1989 Animated character Figment teaches words used for past, present, and future tenses.
Educational [10] September 1989 Figment teaches antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, and rhymes.
Educational [10] October 1989 Viewers solve a mystery through deciphering a scrambled message.
Educational [10] 1989 Figment and Wendy show Peter Pan the fun of reading.
Educational [10] September 1986
Educational [10] November 1989

1990s[]

Series Short film Date Notes
Educational [11] 1990 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [11] 1990 Costumed Goofy (not animated) offers kids a field trip to important social institutions.
Educational [11] July 5, 1990
Educational [11] August 14, 1990
Educational [11] October 18, 1990 Rescue Rangers Chip and Dale (costumed, not animated) explain what to do in the event of an earthquake.
Educational [11] October 1990
Educational [11] November 1990
Educational [11] 1991
Educational [11] March, 1991 Goofy costumed (not animated) explains the importance of tooth brushing to an 8 year old. Produced by Disney Educational and shown in school.
Educational [11] March, 1991 Goofy costumed (not animated) explains to 8 year old the proper importance of proper health habits. produced by Walt Disney Educational and shown in School.
Educational [11] January 1991
Educational [11] January 1991 Costumed Donald Duck (not animated), is the host at a quiz-show themed around fire safety, produced by Disney Educational and shown in school
Educational [11] March, 1991 Goofy costumed (not animated) has a fitness program for kids. Produced by Disney Educational and shown in school.
Educational [11] March 1991
Educational [11] March 1991
Educational [11] April 1991
Educational [11] August 1991
Educational Rescue Rangers Fire Safety Adventure [11] August 1991 Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Costumed, not animated) need to foil a plot by the Fatcat (not animated)
Educational [11] August 1991 A Philosophical program
Educational [11] August 1991
Educational [11] 1991
Educational [11] February 1992
Educational [11] June 1992
Educational [11] June 1992
Educational [11] November 1992
Educational [11] November 1992
Educational Out of Control[11] November 1992
Educational [11] December 1992
Educational [11] 1992
Educational [11] October 4, 1993
Educational [11] December 1993
Educational [11] December 1993
Educational [11] December 1994
Educational [11] December 1994
Educational [11] December 1994
Educational [11] January 1995
Educational [11] January 1995
Educational Under the Gun[11] January 1995

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c "- Disney Shorts: 1920ies".
  2. ^ a b c "- Disney Shorts: 1940ies".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "- Disney Shorts: 1950ies".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "- Disney Shorts: 1960ies".
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "- Disney Shorts: 1970ies".
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1972)".
  7. ^ a b "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1973)".
  8. ^ a b "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1974)".
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1977)".
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy "- Disney Shorts: 1980ies".
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd "- Disney Shorts: 1990ies".
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "- Disney Shorts: 2000ies".
  13. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Goofy's Guided Tour - The Art of Keeping Cool | Disney Parks. YouTube.
  14. ^ YouTube, a Google company. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19.
  15. ^ a b "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1975)".
  16. ^ "Chronology of the Walt Disney Company (1976)".

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