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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Even Mickey Mouse has troubles these days. A band of yippies threatened troublein the park...

Even Mickey Mouse has troubles these days. A band of yippies threatened trouble
in the park all day yesterday. The yippies said
they have come to liberate Mickey Mouse

Full Transcript

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Even Mickey Mouse has troubles these days.
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A band of yippies threatened trouble in the park all day yesterday.
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The yippies said they have come to liberate Mickey Mouse.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:54
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.
Mickey Mouse was still very much alive outside the Disney studio. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
Mickey Mouse was still very much alive outside the Disney st...
Just like America splits in the '60s, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Just like America splits in the '60s,
But the more you look into him, the more you think about it, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
But the more you look into him, the more you think about it,
So if you have an issue with your parents, with authority, with America in general, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
So if you have an issue with your parents, with authority, w...
What Mickey provided was inspiration. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
What Mickey provided was inspiration.
People were starting to use Mickey - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
People were starting to use Mickey
And that really starts to deepen the character of Mickey Mouse. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
And that really starts to deepen the character of Mickey Mou...
I don't know why things persist in people's minds and memories. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
I don't know why things persist in people's minds ...
That was Mickey Mouse by Leonardo da Vinci. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
That was Mickey Mouse by Leonardo da Vinci.
All significant art represents an attempt to understand reality. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
All significant art represents an attempt to understand real...
I was against the Vietnam War, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
I was against the Vietnam War,
I was looking for a symbol that would represent every man. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
I was looking for a symbol that would represent every man.
Part of the factor was his innocence. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Part of the factor was his innocence.
By that point, Mickey really had become an emblem of what America stood for. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
By that point, Mickey really had become an emblem of what Am...
But America is changing during that time, and in that short film, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:10
But America is changing during that time, and in that short ...
By that point, we're so identified with Mickey, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:11
By that point, we're so identified with Mickey,
Every version of Mickey is a version of all of us. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Every version of Mickey is a version of all of us.
And in the 1960s, America began to ask questions about itself, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:13
And in the 1960s, America began to ask questions about itsel...
Just like Mickey's shorts in the '30s where Mickey's performing in blackface, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:14
Just like Mickey's shorts in the '30s where Mickey...
But it's difficult to see Mickey part of that conversation. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
But it's difficult to see Mickey part of that conversat...