Timeless tales
(DVD)

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Special features: Includes collectible storybook and a fun discussion guide.

"Favorite family shorts" -- From container.

v.1: Animators, Art Babbitt ... [et al.] ; editor, Boris V. Morkovin.

v.2: Animators, Art Babbitt ... [et al.] ; music, Raffaello Penso.

v.1: Voices: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder.

v.2: Voices: Claud Allister, Eric Blore, Colin Campbell, Campbell Grant.

v.1: "Prince and the Pauper": On the same day, two identical looking boys are born: one is a pauper named Tom and the other is prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom decides to sneak into the palace garden and meet the prince. They change clothes with each other but are discovered and the real prince is thrown out. "Three little pigs": Two pigs are building houses of hay and sticks and scoff at their brother who is building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down, they run to their brother's house. "The Tortoise and the Hare": Max Hare and Toby Tortoise are having a foot race. Max has much more style and agility. He pauses for a short nap. When he hears the crowd roar for Toby approaching the finish line, he takes off, but a last-minute sprint, and a long neck, gives Toby the inevitable victory.

v.2: "Ugly duckling": A duckling hatches, but he is not like the rest of his family. Where the other ducklings quack, he honks. He's soon made fun of. He ventures out and finds a birds nest and a duck decoy - neither accept him. It's not until a family of swans comes by that he has a new family. "The wind in the willows": One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. "The country cousins": Morty Citymouse invites his cousin Abner Countrymouse for a visit and shows him the ways of the big city, including traps, eating quietly, and busy traffic.

MPAA rating: Not rated.