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Disney launched the Black Diamond Classics line in 1984 to release their animated films on home video under this line. Before resigning, then-current Disney CEO, Ron Miller, had plans to release their animated classics on home video. The older Disney executives still believed that releasing their animated films on home video would be a little bit risky, despite having released ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Fun and Fancy Free'', and ''The Three Caballeros'' on home video around the early 1980s. The "untouchable" Disney Classics would usually be re-released in theaters around 7-10 years. And the executives thought that if they had the film on videocassette already, they would not go to the movie theater to see it anymore. Plus, it would gamble away from future theatrical revenue.

 

 

* [[List of Walt Disney Classics demo tapes]]

 

Disney launched the Mini-Classics line in May 1988 to release their animated featurettes on home video in the line. Around that time, the company had come up with jumbo packages of releases for the little folks to view during upcoming vacations and summer breaks. With Disney, it was more than price or wrapping--the distinctive and inimitable animation.

* [[List of Walt Disney Mini-Classics video releases]]

 

=== Disney's The Little Mermaid (1990-2007) ===

=== Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1992-2003) ===

* [[List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast video releases]]

 

=== Disney's Favorite Stories (1994-1996) ===

* [[List of Disney's Favorite Stories video releases]]

 

 

* [[List of Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video releases]]

 

=== Disney Princess (2000-2006) ===

| 10 V/B || ''Pete's Dragon'' || USA || 1977 || 128 min || Standard version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $29.95.

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| 23 V/B || ''Mary Poppins'' || USA || 1964 || 139 min || Standard version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $29.95.

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| 24 V/B || ''Dumbo'' || USA || 1941 || 63 min || 1972 or 1976 theatrical version || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

| 37 V/B || ''Old Yeller'' || USA || 1957 || 83 mins || TBD || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $29.95.

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| 41 V/B || ''Treasure Island'' || UK/USA || 1950 || TBD || 1975 theatrical version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $29.95.

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| 45 V/B || ''Pollyanna'' || USA || 1960 || 134 min || TBD || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $29.95.

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| 92 V/B || ''A Walt Disney Christmas'' || USA || 1981 || TBD || Standard version || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Contains the shorts ''Once Upon a Wintertime'' (1948), ''Santa's Workshop'' (1932), ''The Night Before Christmas'' (1933), ''Pluto's Christmas Tree'' (1952), ''On Ice'' (1935), and ''Donald's Snow Fight'' (1942).

* Marked down to $19.95.

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| 224 V/B || ''A Disney Christmas Gift'' || USA || 1982 || 47 min || TBD || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

* Marked down to $19.95.

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| 228 V/B || ''Robin Hood'' || USA || 1973 || 83 min || Standard version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 14, 1986 ||

 

==== November 1986 ====

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| 189 V/B || ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606207/ Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow]'' || UK || 1975 || 98 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 18, 1986 || TBD

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| 475 V/B || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Magic_Christmas One Magic Christmas]'' || USA || 1985 || 90 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 18, 1986 || TBD

 

==== December 1986 ====

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| 23 || ''Mary Poppins'' || USA || 1964 || 139 min || Standard version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 24 || ''Dumbo'' || USA || 1941 || 63 min || 1972 or 1976 theatrical version || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

| 37 || ''Old Yeller'' || USA || 1957 || 83 mins || TBD || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 229 || ''The Sword in the Stone'' || USA || 1963 || 79 min || Original or 1983 theatrical version || G || Matted 1.75 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Part of the Classics line.

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 400 || ''The Journey of Natty Gann'' || USA || 1985 || 101 min || TBD || PG || Panavision || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 476 || ''Sleeping Beauty'' || USA || 1959 || 75 min || TBD || G || Technirama || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Part of the Classics line.

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 499 || ''Flight of the Navigator'' || USA || 1986 || 89 min || TBD || PG || Matted 1.85 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Priced at $29.95.

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| 576 || ''Starring Mickey & Minnie'' || USA || 1987 || 25 min || TBD || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

| 578 || ''Silly Symphonies: Animals Two by Two'' || USA || 1987 || 26 min || TBD || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Part of the Cartoon Classics line.

* Priced at $14.95.

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| 579 || ''Starring Chip 'n' Dale'' || USA || 1987 || 22 min || TBD || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Part of the Cartoon Classics line.

* Priced at $14.95.

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| 580 || ''Starring Pluto & Fifi'' || USA || 1987 || 24 min || TBD || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 6, 1987 ||

* Part of the Cartoon Classics line.

* Priced at $14.95.

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! 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)

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| 91 || ''The Three Caballeros'' || USA || 1944 || 71 min || 1960s theatrical version || G || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || October 4, 1988 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Rescuers Down Under''.

* Over the Sorcerer Mickey WDHV logo, Brian Cummings says "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." The logo plays in full.

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! 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)

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* One of the first Disney video releases to use the blue text bumpers, and the only release under the Walt Disney Home Video label to use a "Special Preview" screen in this format.

* The voiceover during the "Feature Presentation" bumper is taken from the gold text version of the bumper.

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| 2237 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_Jafar The Return of Jafar]'' || USA || 1994 || 69 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 20, 1994 ||

* Opens with a theatrical trailer for ''The Lion King'', and video trailers for ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' and ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.

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| 1239 || ''The Rocketeer'' || USA || 1991 || 108 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 27, 1992 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' and ''Shipwrecked''.

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| 1457 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Hannibal:_The_Return_of_Tom_Sawyer_and_Huckleberry_Finn Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn]'' || USA || 1990 || 92 min || TBD || N/A || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 27, 1992 ||

| 1371 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey%2C_I_Blew_Up_the_Kid Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]'' || USA || 1992 || 89 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 6, 1993 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''3 Ninjas'', ''Captain Ron'', and ''The Muppet Movie''. Closes with the music video for "On Top of Spaghetti" performed by Little Richard, promoted with a blue text screen following the opening trailers reading "STAY TUNED after our feature".

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==== February 1993 ====

 

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* Closes with a video trailer for ''The Muppet Movie''.

* Uses the slow version of the gold WDHV logo theme.

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| 1801 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeward_Bound%3A_The_Incredible_Journey Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]'' || USA || 1993 || 84 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 13, 1993 ||

* Opens with a theatrical trailer for ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', and video trailers for ''Aladdin'' and ''The Muppet Christmas Carol''.

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| 1869 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Home_(film) Back Home]'' || USA / UK || 1990 || 103 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 13, 1993 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''Life with Mikey'' and ''The Adventures of Huck Finn''.

* Closes with video trailers for ''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' and ''The Muppet Christmas Carol''.

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* Opens with video trailers for ''The Fox and the Hound'' and ''Into the West''.

* Closes with video trailers for ''Father Hood'', ''My Boyfriend's Back'', and ''Money for Nothing''.

|}

 

| 2325 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Runnings Cool Runnings]'' || USA || 1993 || 98 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || April 13, 1994 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''The Return of Jafar'', ''Iron Will'', and ''My Father the Hero''.

|}

 

| 2524 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1993_film) The Three Musketeers]'' || USA || 1993 || 105 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 11, 1994 ||

* Opens with a promo for the film soundtrack featuring the music video for "All for Love" by Sting, and video trailers for ''The Air Up There'', ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', and ''The Return of Jafar''.

|}

 

| 2545 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Will Iron Will]'' || USA || 1994 || 108 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 29, 1994 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''The Air Up There'', ''Cabin Boy'', and ''Blank Check''.

|}

 

* Opens with video trailers for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''.

* Closes with a video trailer for ''The Mighty Ducks'' and a promo for the film soundtrack.

|}

 

| 2753 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_the_Outfield_(1994_film) Angels in the Outfield]'' || USA || 1994 || 102 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || March 24, 1995 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', ''Cinderella'', and ''Muppet Classic Theater''.

|}

 

| 4604 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(1994_film) Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book]'' || USA || 1994 || 111 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || May 19, 1995 ||

* Opens with an early theatrical trailer for ''Toy Story'', and video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'' and ''Muppet Classic Theater''. Some early copies only include the video trailer for ''A Goofy Movie'' prior to the film.

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* Opens with video trailers for ''Man of the House'', ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.

* Closes with video trailers for ''Blank Check'', ''White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf'', and ''Muppet Classic Theater''.

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* Opens with video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Heavyweights'', ''Man of the House'', and ''Gordy''.

* Closes with a video trailer for ''The Santa Clause''.

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| 3463 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavyweights Heavyweights]'' || USA || 1995 || 100 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 15, 1995 ||

* Opens with video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Man of the House'', and ''Gordy''.

* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.

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| 4703 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_House_(1995_film) Man of the House]'' || USA || 1995 || 96 min || TBD || PG || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 8, 1995 ||

* Opens with a Timon & Pumbaa healthy eating PSA and video trailers for ''A Goofy Movie'', ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', ''Heavyweights'', and ''A Pyromaniac's Love Story''.

* Closes with video trailers for ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book''.

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* Opens with video trailers for the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection and ''Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken'', a Disney Interactive commercial (for the ''Pocahontas'' video game and ''Winnie the Pooh'' / ''The Lion King'' animated storybooks), and the music video for Parachute Express' "Dr. Looney's Remedy," though the music video is removed on Canadian copies.

* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.

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* Later copies of this tape add an additional video trailer for ''Arabian Knight'' prior to the Walt Disney World commercial.

* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.

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* Opens with a commercial for ''Gordy'' plush toys, the 1995 ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'' promo, and video trailers for ''Arabian Knight'', ''Tall Tale'', and ''Man of the House''.

* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.

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| 4609 || ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' || USA || 1996 || 81 min || TBD || G || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 13, 1996 ||

* Uses the lilac "Feature Presentation" screen.

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=== Promotional tapes ===

* [[List of Disney Movie Club exclusive releases]]