For more videos related to this film, check out this curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZG4z6wYFB-1bBKtWjkZObLu The Sword in the Stone (79 min) Synopsis: When King Uther Pendragon dies, he leaves his sword encased in a stone, claiming that only the true king will be able to remove it. One day, the great but absent-minded wizard Merlin has a premonition about a special young boy. With the help of his trusted owl Achimedes, Merlin finds Arthur, called “Wart,” working as a page-in-training. Merlin travels with Wart to the castle of Sir Ector and his son Sir Kay, who do not take kindly to their visitors. As Merlin helps Wart with his chores, Wart learns that knowledge and understanding are what makes the world go round. He transforms into a fish, a squirrel and a bird. His adventures bring him to the magnificent, marvelous Madam Mim, who challenges Merlin to a wizard’s duel. Merlin’s and Wart’s journey takes them all the way to a tournament in London, where Wart’s true destiny with the sword in the stone awaits him. Cast: Ricky Sorensen (Wart), Karl Swenson (Merlin), Junius Matthews (Archimedes), Sebastian Cabot (Sir Ector/Narrator), Norman Alden (Sir Kay), Martha Wentworth (Madam Mim). Songs: “The Sword in the Stone,” “Higitus Figitus,” “That’s What Makes the World Go Round,” “A Most Befuddling Thing,” “Mad Madame Mim,” Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Premiered in New York on December 25, 1963. US Theatrical Reissues: December 22, 1972 and March 25, 1983 US Home Media Releases: March 25, 1986 (LD/VHS); July 12, 1991 (VHS/LD); October 28, 1994 (VHS/LD); March 20, 2001 (DVD/VHS); June 17, 2008 (DVD); August 6, 2013 (BR/DVD); Trivia: • Frames: 113,760 • Based on the book by T. H. White. • Throughout the course of the three-year production, 300 artists created the world of The Sword in the Stone, using 1,325,650 pencils to produce over a million individual drawings, which were then transferred onto film using the Xerography process. • Painting the characters on celluloid, the backgrounds and all other color effects in the film required 800 gallons of very special paint weighing nearly five tons— enough paint to color the exteriors of 135 average homes. • The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Score – Adaptation or Treatment The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.