October 30, 2006
DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR
For sale on eBay is a rare 16mm Technicolor print of a Walt Disney Wonderful World of Color show, "Magic And Music". Originally telecast in black and white on Walt Disney Presents in 1958, this is the 1963 color rebroadcast. The most interesting aspect of it is the entire, uncut Pastoral Symphony sequence from Fantasia with all the footage of the black centaurette.
Disney has been great about releasing its library in recent years, but racial images (think Song Of The South) are the last taboo the company still keeps under lock and key. The seller has a steep minimum price of $1500 for the item. Considering how rare this material is (and IB Tech prints of anything are scarce) he might just get it.