"The Liberty Story" is an episode of Disneyland, which aired on May 29, 1957.
Synopsis[]
Walt Disney tells the story of two players race to freedom: Johnny Tremain and Amos the mouse, as well as introducing audiences to Liberty Street, an expansion of Disneyland that ended up going unfinished before being revived as Liberty Square.
Cast[]
- Walt Disney - Host (uncredited)
"Ben and Me"
- Sterling Holloway as Narrator/Amos
- Charlie Ruggles as Ben Franklin
- Bill Thompson as Governor Keith
- Hans Conried as Thomas Jefferson/Crook
"Johnny Tremain"
- Hal Stalmaster as Johnny Tremain
- Luana Patten as Priscilla Lapham
- Jeff York as James Otis
- Rusty Lane as Samuel Adams
Additional crew[]
- Music: George Bruns, Oliver Wallace
- Animation: Bob McCrea, Ollie Johnston, Wolfgang Reitherman
- Layouts: Al Zinnen, Thor Putnam, Ken Anderson
- Backgrounds: Jimi Trout, Irv Wyner, Claude Coats
- Photography: Charles P. Boyle
- Art Director: Carroll Clark
- Film editor: Lloyd Richardson
- Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
- Special Processes: Ub Iwerks
- Sound: Robert O. Cook
- Assistant Director: William Beaudine, Jr.
- Production Supervisor: Harry Tytle
Trivia[]
- The segment on Ben and Me, with its longer opening delving into Amos' ancestry, later re-aired in color on the 1964 Wonderful World of Color episode Ben and Me/Peter and the Wolf. In the late 1980s, this longer opening was also featured when Ben and Me was released on the Walt Disney Mini Classics line of videos.
Availability[]
The episode accompanied Johnny Tremain on its DVD release in 2005 and has since been made available on various digital storefronts. As of June 12, 2020, it is also available on the Disney+ streaming service.
Gallery[]
External links[]
The Liberty Story on IMDb- "The Liberty Story" in Disney A to Z at D23, The Official Disney Fan Club
- "The Liberty Story" at Disney+
