1x1 - The Disneyland Story

October 27, 1954

Walt Disney introduces the show that will be a Sunday-night tradition for over 40 years, Disneyland. In this episode, he introduces upcoming season previews, plus movies that are to be coming out soon. The second half of the show is all about Mickey Mouse, Disney's first creation.

1x2 - Alice in Wonderland [1951]

November 3, 1954

The 1951 Walt Disney animated film is the basis of this episode.

1x3 - Prairie Seal Island

November 10, 1954

James Algar explores the lives of animal habitats as captured on film. The next portion is the 1948 True-Life Disney movie, Seal Island with Winston Hibler narrating about the habitat of the fur seal.

1x4 - The Donald Duck Story

November 17, 1954

It's all about Donald Duck here as his career is highlighted.

1x5 - So Dear to My Heart

November 24, 1954

The 1949 Disney movie is highlighted in this episode. Jeremiah is a young boy who owns a black lamb named Danny the Ram. Jeremiah wants to enter Danny into the spring fair, not out of pride for his pet but for the material gain of winning a ribbon. But alas, the fleece-bearer flees from home, leaving Jeremiah devastated. Jeremiah prays to God asking to be reunited with his runaway ram. In return, he promises to love Danny forever, and forsake any thoughts of using him to win ribbons.

1x6 - A Story of Dogs

December 1, 1954

Walt Disney takes us behind the scenes on the making of his new animated feature Lady & the Tramp.

1x7 - Operation Undersea

December 8, 1954

This is a look into the making of the theatrical feature 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

1x8 - Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter

December 15, 1954

This is the first of five stories of the legendary Davy Crockett. In it, Davy and his friend Georgie Russel go off to fight the hostile Creek Indians.

1x9 - A Present for Donald

December 22, 1954

In this Christmas episode, Donald Duck gets a movie projector and a film reel of a penguin who wants to be free of the frozen climate.

1x10 - Beaver Valley/Cameras in Africa

December 29, 1954

In teh first part, Walt Disney presents a famous animal photographer named Alfred G. Milotte, who presents clips of his African trip that has stunning stories about the African elephant and the lion. The second part deals with the beaver habitat as displayed in the 1948 True-Life Adventure film, Beaver Valley.

1x11 - Treasure Island [1950] (1)

January 5, 1955

Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

1x13 - Monsters of the Deep

January 19, 1955

Walt Disney takes us into the world of the sea with its many creatures.

1x14 - Davy Crockett: Goes to Congress

January 26, 1955

In the Second episode of the Davy Crockett trilogy, Davy, George and their families settle in Tennessee. Davy goes to town to file his claim, and he gets into it with a bully named Big Foot Mason. When Mason is beaten, the judge asks Davy to be the new lawman.

1x15 - The Wind in the Willows

February 2, 1955

Kenneth Grahame is the subject of this episode as we take a look at the short film of ""The Wind and the Willows"", as seen in the movie The Reluctant Dragon from 1941.

1x16 - A Progress Report/Nature's Half Acre

February 9, 1955

The first half of this epsiode is dedicated to the construction of the new Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.

1x17 - Calvacade of Songs

February 16, 1955

Walt Disney shows us the importance of music in motion pictures. We also get a behind the scenes peek at the music made for the forthcoming movie Lady and the Tramp

1x18 - Davy Crockett: At the Alamo

February 23, 1955

The final chapter of the Davy Crockett trilogy begins when Davy and George make friends with a cheating gambler named Thimblerig. It is Thimblerig that gets Davy and George to go to Texas to fight the Mexicans at the Alamo, an ill-fated mistake for Davy.

1x19 - From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen

March 2, 1955

Classic storytelling comes to life with Disney animation.

1x20 - Man in Space

March 9, 1955

"Man in Space" is an episode of Disneyland which originally aired on March 9, 1955. It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball. Later, it was edited into a featurette to play in theaters, accompanying Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. This Disneyland episode, was narrated partly by Kimball and also by such famed scientists as Dr. Willy Ley, Dr. Heinz Haber, Dr. Wernher von Braun and Dick Tufeld of Lost in Space fame. The show talks briefly about the lighthearted history of rockets and is followed by discussions of satellites, a practical look at what spacemen will have to face in a rocket and a rocket takeoff into space. An adaptation of the episode was published by Dell as Four Color #716 in 1956, scripted by Don R. Christensen with art by Tony Sgroi. It was actually a "novelization" in comic book form of two Walt Disney television programs, "Man in Space" and "Tomorrow the Moon". Also found as a 1956 UK reprint as "A World Distributors Movie Classic" and a 1959 combined reprint with the other 2 Dell Comics adaptations of "Man in Space" films as "Walt Disney's Man in Space".

1x21 - The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland

July 13, 1955

The big day of the grand opening of Disneyland is almost here, and Walt Disney is making plans to ensure that the park will be safe and ready for its first guests on July 17, 1955.

1x22 - Dateline: Disneyland