Throughout its long and colorful history, Walt Disney Studios has produced scores of films designed to educate moviegoers as well as entertain them. These productions range from the
True-Life Adventures
nature documentaries and such depictions of cutting-edge technology as
Man in Space
and
Our Friend the Atom,
to wartime propaganda shorts (
Education for Death
), public-health films (
VD Attack Plan
) and coverage of exotic cultures (
The Ama Girls, Blue Men of Morocco
). Even Disney's dramatic recreations of historical events (
Ten Who Dared, Invincible
) have had their share of educational value. Each of the essays in this volume focuses on a different type of Disney "edutainment" film. Together they provide the first comprehensive look at Walt Disney's ongoing mission to inform and enlighten his worldwide audience.