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I've been looking for the disney war propaganda and only recently noticed that it was released on a DVD. Now this was good since I have never seen a clear version of any of the propaganda cartoons. However when I went to buy it I couldnt find it anywhere online. Everywhere I look the prices are either excessivly high or the DVD is claimed to be "sold out" or "backordered." So, my question is, can anyone provide with a trusted location at which I can find the DVD Walt Disney Treasures - On the Front Lines at which it is both priced reasonably and in stock?

I suggest you look around this site a bit more and read up on how the Disney Treasures work.

You might like to consider getting Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros. You can read about those here.

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/saludos.htm

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/threecaballeros.html

If you look around at stores you might get lucky and find a copy of The Front Lines in stock but you are looking for a film that went out of print a long time ago. You might want to consider purchasing a used copy. There is no simple way of getting a reasonably priced new copy of The Front Lines. You are looking for something that will be quite difficult to find.

I have the On the Front Lines Treasures Set. Now I'm downloading a lot of banned Disney cartoons from Limewire.

half.ebay.com: On The Front Line sets, brand new, from $25 and up:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Walt-Disne ... prZ3447494

Amazon Marketplace: brand new form $23 and up:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/associates/lin ... B0000BWVAH

I have ordered DVDs from both of these sites and have not had any major problems thus far.

It's not hard at all to find resonably-priced, factory-sealed DVDs...you just have to know where to look. I'd start with those two sites.

This is the "Walt Disney Treasures" set with the highest print run of them all, so it shouldn't be that hard to find.

Very highly recommended!

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:This is the "Walt Disney Treasures" set with the highest print run of them all, so it shouldn't be that hard to find.

Though it was also one of the most highly anticipated of all the Treasures. However, there do still seem to be a couple available at the occassional store around my city.

True - its print run isn't really that much compared to most other Disney DVDs.

Still - highest possible recommendation!

Since this is out of print, I recommend picking soon as possible since OOP Treasures will only go up in price as time passes. I utilize the Amazon Marketplace suppliers quite of bit and usually focus on the ones with over 1,000 customer responses. Unfortunately, the shipping is normally done with a padded envelope so tins have been known to be dented.

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Try www.dvdboxoffice.com it's still listed on their website so i think they have it. 31,26 USD free shipping worldwide. I've heard from friends that they have great service also.

Hey,

I was looking and I discovered the Disney Movie Club is still selling Wave 3 Treasures. You can buy one that is brand new that way. The only catch is that you have to buy the whole wave. A possible option is to buy the whole wave and sell the three you don't want. If you play your cards right you could end up getting your DVD free. Be sure to use the link from this website to join the Disney Movie Club.

I have what is perhaps the Stupidest Question Ever Asked on UD. I just know someone is going to come along and slam me good for this with some kind of "everyone knows that; do you live under a rock or something?" I honestly don't know... and my imagination isn't helping me out either. Must ask:

The Disney DVD's tell us constantly that the War Years cut off so much funding, weren't very profitable At All, and a bunch of the animators were drafted. So... did the U.S. Military or Government pay Disney / Walt / the studio / etc(.) anything to make the Propaganda cartoons and Morale Boosting shorts??

The government did pay the studio, if they hadn't I don't Disney could have survived the loss of their European markets due to the war.

Lazario wrote:I have what is perhaps the Stupidest Question Ever Asked on UD. I just know someone is going to come along and slam me good for this with some kind of "everyone knows that; do you live under a rock or something?" I honestly don't know... and my imagination isn't helping me out either. Must ask:

The Disney DVD's tell us constantly that the War Years cut off so much funding, weren't very profitable At All, and a bunch of the animators were drafted. So... did the U.S. Military or Government pay Disney / Walt / the studio / etc(.) anything to make the Propaganda cartoons and Morale Boosting shorts??

I think the US Government kind of HAD to pay for shorts? I remember hearing one story where they tried to get Disney to do it for free but Walt said no can do? I might be wrong...Canada also paid for a few shorts too (notably the 2 Seven Dwarves shorts were done for Canada)

In the case of funds, because of the War; Pinocchio and other Disney features could not premiere in Europe or Asia, so that was a large chunk of capital chopped off, merchandising in those regions were cut off too (not to mention rationing back in the US likely slowed down merch development and sales too). Plus the Disney company had a lot of men drafted into the war so there was less staff trying to do the work expected of a whole studio. Which I believe was part of the reason many films such as Peter Pan and Alice were shelved at that time

Thanks for responding. That helped a bit.

DisneyAnimation88 wrote:The government did pay the studio, if they hadn't I don't Disney could have survived the loss of their European markets due to the war.

I believe the government paid Walt to make the cartoons, but Walt spent more on the cartoons then he received from the government. Walt perfectionism made it impossible for him to stay within budget.

I know this is an old thread but I am currently writing my dissertation on the reception of Disney war shorts so I found a lot of interesting topics in this forum.

As I am a Frenchwoman I'd like to know more on the American reception of those movies (those of On the Front Lines basically).

Btw, did you know some Donald cartoons from the Chronological Donald were not in the European versions of the DVDs ?

I just found this out and I wanted to know if you had any opinion on the subject.

(Well, I guess this was my first post here)