South of the Border with Disney (1942)

Directed by

Norm Ferguson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

32 min

Rating

8.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Walt Disney and his team of artists on a government-sponsored trip to South America. It shows them gathering ideas for animated films and includes footage of pencil tests and travel scenes.

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What happens

South of the Border with Disney is a 1942 Disney live-action short documentary film. It was shot on the same occasion as the live-action segments of Disney's Saludos Amigos, when Walt Disney and a group of eighteen artists, musicians and writers traveled to South America looking for inspiration for creative projects. Disney's trip was conducted under the auspices of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA) in order to promote cooperation between the United States and various South American nations. While Saludos Amigos includes both animated shorts and live-action sequences, South of the Border with Disney is a behind-the-scenes documentary featuring only travel footage and the inspiration for animated segments of Saludos Amigos, as well as for the feature-length The Three Caballeros and other animated shorts. The film also includes pencil test animation and stock music from Disney's 1942 animated feature film Bambi. South of the Border with Disney was distributed in 16mm through nontheatrical channels by the CIAA rather than receiving a traditional theatrical release through Disney's distribution partner RKO Radio Pictures. The film was copyrighted by Walt Disney Productions and renewed in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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