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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Over the years, with the retelling of that storyon the train, over and over again,and the...

Over the years, with the retelling of that story
on the train, over and over again,
and the different inflections, it becomes myth

Full Transcript

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Over the years,
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with the retelling of that story on the train,
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over and over again, and the different inflections,
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it becomes myth.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:23
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.
Walt realizes the importance of linking himself to that mouse. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
Walt realizes the importance of linking himself to that mous...
Legend has it that, on that train, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:21
Legend has it that, on that train,
But they still had a few Oswalds to produce, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
But they still had a few Oswalds to produce,
So that very first Mickey Mouse short was made in their garage. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
So that very first Mickey Mouse short was made in their gara...
Walt had to turn to the people that he trusted the most. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Walt had to turn to the people that he trusted the most.
Of course, you have Ub Iwerks, Walt's lead animator. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
Of course, you have Ub Iwerks, Walt's lead animator.
Walt and Ub complemented each other. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Walt and Ub complemented each other.
You know, Ub could do things that Walt could not. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
You know, Ub could do things that Walt could not.
It was said he could do 700 drawings a day, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
It was said he could do 700 drawings a day,
Ub Iwerks, meanwhile, remembered a different scenario - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
Ub Iwerks, meanwhile, remembered a different scenario
Either way, there's this famous sheet of different designs of Mickey. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
Either way, there's this famous sheet of different desi...
Does it matter if Mickey was created on a train - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
Does it matter if Mickey was created on a train
What matters is that hope-from-despair story - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:15
What matters is that hope-from-despair story
In so precarious a world of new possibilities - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
In so precarious a world of new possibilities
And those plans came very near spelling a major disaster for us. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
And those plans came very near spelling a major disaster for...
Mickey was not an overnight success. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Mickey was not an overnight success.
Walt had made two cartoons prior to Steamboat Willie, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:10
Walt had made two cartoons prior to Steamboat Willie,
Then came a very important breakthrough. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
Then came a very important breakthrough.
In 1927, as sound came in, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
In 1927, as sound came in,
To launch our picture impressively, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
To launch our picture impressively,