Learn from Mickey, Donald & Walt Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films [PDF] { KT }

Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disneys Edutainment Films
Author: A. Bowdoin Van Riper



Walt Disney Studios made scores of films that were designed to educate audiences as well as entertain them. They ranged from nature documentaries like the True-Life Adventures and depictions of cutting-edge technology like Man in Space and Our Friend the Atom to wartime propaganda shorts (Education for Death), public health education films (VD Attack Plan), depictions of exotic cultures (The Ama Girls, Blue Men of Morocco), and recreations of historical events (Ten Who Dared, Invincible). Each of the essays in this book focuses on a different type of Disney edutainment films. Together they provide the first comprehensive look at Walt Disney's efforts to educate Americans.


Genre: Childrens