Groundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Julietta Novis, Corey Burton, Walt Disney
Directed By: Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Roberts, Ford Beebe, Hamilton Luske, James Algar

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters, Jerry Colonna
Directed By: Bob Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Joshua Meador

Thunderbird 6 was the second feature spin-off from the hit Gerry Anderson puppet-animation TV series Thunderbirds, and revolved around a new addition to the line-up of International Rescue's five emergency craft. The plot sees Lady Penelope, Alan, Tin-Tin and Parker as the only passengers on the maiden, round-the-world flight of a futuristic airship, which is hijacked in a bid to ...

Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin, Matt Zimmerman
Directed By: David Lane

Manufacturer: Sony Wonder
Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Caroll Spinney
Directed By: Jim Henson, Bob Schwarz, Eva Saks, Jim Martin, Jon Stone

As far as Disney is concerned, The Sword in the Stone was a portent of things to come, with slapstick upstaging storytelling, and cultural in-jokes substituting for wonder. Based on TH White's beloved novel The Once and Future King, this Disney version chronicles King Arthur's boyish adventures. There's much to enjoy here as coach Merlin the magician shows the young Arthur, nicknamed ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler
Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury
Directed By: Clarence Brown

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action ...

Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Starring: Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer, Ray Barrett, Christine Finn

Manufacturer: MGM
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff, Terry-Thomas
Directed By: Richard Lester

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action ...

Manufacturer: ITV DVD
Starring: Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer, Ray Barrett, Christine Finn

Manufacturer: Delta Leisure Group Plc
Starring: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Anne Gwynne, Frank Shannon