This list covers all the Walt Disney Classics (or "Black Diamond") titles released from 1984 to 1994.
December 1984
Disney was generally reluctant to release any of their animated classics on video (the only exceptions being Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland), as it might put them at risk of losing reissue revenue. Therefore, the reason why Robin Hood was picked first to be released in the series was because the film itself was considered weaker in terms of story and animation compared to the other titles; its disappointing performance in its 1982 reissue was also cited as a factor.
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
228VS/BS |
Robin Hood |
USA |
1973 |
83 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
December 3, 1984 |
- The very first print run, mastered to copies printed between July-September 1984, started with a preview for The Sword in the Stone, which was meant to be the next title released in the Classics line.
- The second print run, mastered to copies printed between September-December 1984 and after June 1986, had no previews at all.
- The third print run, mastered to copies printed between December 1984-June 1986, ended with the "Walt Disney and You" promo.
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July 1985
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
239 V/B |
Pinocchio |
USA |
1940 |
87 min |
1984 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
July 16, 1985 |
- The earliest copies started with a trailer for The Black Cauldron which contains rare footage not seen in the final cut.
- Re-issued on October 14, 1986 to coincide with the video release of Sleeping Beauty; this issue uses the dark red warning screens and the video dealer announcement.
- Went into moratorium on April 30, 1987.
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November 1985
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
24 V/B |
Dumbo |
USA |
1941 |
63 min |
1972 or 1976 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
November 5, 1985 |
- This release uses the 1984 (1981 internationally) "Neon Mickey" WDHV logo.
- On early pressings, right before the start of the film, it begins with the MPAA rating card and the 1960 Buena Vista logo (apparently sourced from the original 1981 master); later copies omit those two screens
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March 1986
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
229 V/B |
The Sword in the Stone |
USA |
1963 |
79 min |
Original or 1983 theatrical version |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
March 25, 1986 |
- Early printings start with the 1984 (1981 internationally) "Neon Mickey" WDHV logo
- Original copies start with a trailer for "Journey of Natty Gann" and end with the "Walt Disney and You" promo.
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May 1986
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
36 V/B |
Alice in Wonderland |
USA |
1951 |
75 min |
1974 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
May 28, 1986 |
- Earliest printings start with the 1984 (1981 internationally) "Neon Mickey" WDHV logo.
- This is the only Classics title to come in a cardboard slipcover; all subsequent re-issues use the standard clamshell packaging.
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June 1986
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
36 V/B |
Alice in Wonderland |
USA |
1951 |
75 min |
1974 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
June 14, 1986 |
- Early printings start with the 1984 (1981 internationally) "Neon Mickey" WDHV logo.
- Again, this is the only Classics title to come in a cardboard slipcover; all subsequent re-issues use the standard clamshell packaging.
- This issue is bracket no. 036-2 and has the Cheesy Black Diamond Classics logo.
- The earliest copies of this issue were printed a day after the original issue was released.
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October 1986
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
228 V/B |
Robin Hood |
USA |
1973 |
83 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 14, 1986 |
- This issue's print master is from the second print-run of the original 1984 release.
- This issue is bracket no. 228-2.
- Went into moratorium on April 30, 1987.
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239 V/B |
Pinocchio |
USA |
1940 |
87 min |
1984 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 14, 1986 |
- This issue uses the dark red warning screens and the video dealer announcement bumper.
- This issue is bracket no. 228-2.
- Went into moratorium on April 30, 1987.
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476 V/B |
Sleeping Beauty |
USA |
1959 |
75 min |
TBD |
G |
Technirama |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 14, 1986 |
- Went into moratorium on March 31, 1988.
- Technically the first title in the series to use the UPC barcode on the top right of the back cover.
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October 1987
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
582 |
Lady and the Tramp |
USA |
1955 |
75 min |
TBD |
G |
CinemaScope |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 6, 1987 |
- Went into moratorium on March 31, 1988.
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October 1988
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
410 |
Cinderella |
USA |
1950 |
76 min |
1987 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 4, 1988 |
- Went into moratorium on April 30, 1989.
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September 1989
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
942 |
Bambi |
USA |
1942 |
69 min |
TBD |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
September 28, 1989 |
- Went into moratorium on March 30, 1990.
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May 1990
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
913 |
The Little Mermaid |
USA |
1989 |
83 min |
Original theatrical version |
G |
Matted 1.66 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
May 18, 1990 |
- This was the only time the film's original end credits were intact. All subsequent video releases since 1998 use the end credits from the 1997 version.
- Contrary to popular belief, the film went into moratorium on April 30, 1991; as advertised on the video release of Peter Pan, the film was only available for a limited time.
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September 1990
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
960 |
Peter Pan |
USA |
1953 |
76 min |
1989 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
September 21, 1990 |
- Canadian copies of the VHS counterpart use the oversized Betamax-style horizontal sticker label on the cassettes, which is also found on US Betamax copies.
- Went into moratorium on April 30, 1991.
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May 1991
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1122 |
The Jungle Book |
USA |
1967 |
78 min |
TBD |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
May 3, 1991 |
- This title was later re-issued on September 11, 1991, opening with the same previews as the original issue, except on this issue, the 1984 red-orange FBI warning screens were replaced with the 1991 green FBI warning screens. The earliest copies of this issue were printed in August 1991.
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in early January 1991.
- Copies printed between January-March 1991 and June-September 1991 and after October 1992 may have a vertical sticker-label.
- Copies printed between August-September 1992 may have a horizontal sticker-label.
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July 1991
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1189 |
Robin Hood |
USA |
1973 |
83 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
July 12, 1991 |
- Reissued to ride on the coattails of cross-town rival Warner Bros.'s version of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.
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September 1991
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1142 |
The Rescuers Down Under |
USA |
1990 |
77 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.85 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
September 20, 1991 |
- The earliest copies of this release of the title were printed in April 1991.
- The first print run, mastered to copies printed between April-June 1991, has the shadowed variant of the red-orange FBI warning screens.
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November 1991
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1132 |
Fantasia |
USA |
1940 |
120 min |
1990 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
November 1, 1991 |
- This release is rumored to have went on moratorium on December 21, 1991, however, its verification status is currently unknown.
- Copies of this release that came in Deluxe Collector's Edition boxsets do not come in any casings and have a gold yellow horizontal sticker-label, while standalone copies come in black clamshells and have either a horizontal ink-label, or a gold yellow vertical sticker-label.
- VHS collectors that are immature have overreacted over most Canadian copies of the French version of this release being damaged/broken, with some users assuming it's because the duplicators' facilities did a terrible job duplicating those copies. However, a more-mature collector suggests that either the previous owners hated the film itself, intentionally broke those tapes, and ended up giving them back to Disney, or they were obsessed with the film itself, and decided to buy too many of those copies and watch it too many times.
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April 1992
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1263 |
101 Dalmatians |
USA |
1961 |
79 min |
1991 theatrical version |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
April 10, 1992 |
- This film was released on home video after its theatrical re-release on July 12, 1991.
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in late December 1991, mostly with a vertical sticker-label.
- Copies printed after late January 1992 have either a horizontal ink-label, or a horizontal sticker-label.
- Shortly after most copies of this release went on moratorium on April 30, 1993, select copies were being produced and released to video stores that didn't have enough copies of the release. The actual moratorium date was in late 1994.
- The first print run, mastered to copies printed between December 1991-January 1992, does not have any previews.
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July 1992
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1360 |
The Great Mouse Detective |
USA |
1986 |
74 min |
1992 theatrical version |
G |
Matted 1.85 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
July 17, 1992 |
- This film was released on home video after its last theatrical re-release on February 14, 1992.
- Shortly after most copies of this release went on moratorium on April 30, 1993, select copies were being produced and released to video stores that didn't have enough copies of the release. The actual moratorium date was in late 1994.
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September 1992
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1399 |
The Rescuers |
USA |
1977 |
76 min |
1977 theatrical version |
G |
Matted 1.85 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
September 18, 1992 |
- This release was transferred off a pan-and-scan version of the original 1977 theatrical release negative.
- In a portion of the scene, "Orville's Take Off" from the film, after Miss Bianca says "Oh I just love takeoffs!", the nudity image is blacked out.
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in April 1992.
- Copies of the demo version have a vertical sticker-label, while regular copies have either a horizontal ink-label, or a horizontal sticker-label.
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October 1992
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1325 |
Beauty and the Beast |
USA |
1991 |
84 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.66 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
October 30, 1992 |
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in May 1992, mostly with a vertical sticker-label.
- Copies printed after early June 1992 have either a horizontal ink-label, or a horizontal sticker-label.
- The first print-run, mastered to copies printed in May 1992, has the Pinocchio trailer at the end, before the 101 Dalmatians preview.
- The second print-run, mastered to copies printed in June 1992, does not have the Pinocchio trailer at all.
- The third print-run, mastered to copies printed after July 1992, has the Pinocchio trailer at the start instead of the end.
- Copies that came in Deluxe Collector's Edition boxsets were packaged in black clamshells, while standalone copies were packaged in white clamshells.
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March 1993
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
239 |
Pinocchio |
USA |
1940 |
87 min |
1992 theatrical version |
G |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
March 26, 1993 |
- "Restored version" re-release of the original 1985 version seen above, hence the re-use of the 239 stock number used for the 1985 version.
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in late December 1992.
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September 1993
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
1662 |
Aladdin |
USA |
1992 |
90 min |
Standard version |
G |
Matted 1.78 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
September 29, 1993 |
- The earliest copies are rumored to use the uncensored version of "Arabian Nights", but its verification status is currently unknown, let alone the print date cutoff point thereof.
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March 1994
Catalog number |
Title |
Country of origin |
Original year |
Length |
Version |
MPAA rating |
Film format |
Tape count |
Tape break placement (if applicable) |
Color |
Released |
Note(s)
|
2041 |
The Fox and the Hound |
USA |
1981 |
83 min |
TBD |
G |
Matted 1.75 |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
March 4, 1994 |
- The final installment of the Classics line.
- This film was released on home video almost 6 years after its last theatrical re-release on March 25, 1988.
- The earliest copies of this release were printed in November 1993.
- The first print run only has the preview for "The Lion King" with the last copies of that print run being printed in January 1994. Starting in February 1994, Disney mastered a second print run of this release, with the "The Return of Jafar" preview following "The Lion King" preview.
- A month after this release's moratorium on April 30, 1995, select copies were being produced and released to video stores that didn't have enough copies of the release, with the actual moratorium date being in mid 1996.
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