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Beach Picnic

"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Beach Picnic Release Date June 9, 1939

Running Time 8:24

Synopsis

Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants, among other things.

Characters

Donald Duck
Pluto

Credits

Director : Clyde Geronomi
Animation
Seamus Culhane
Al Eugster

Poster available through
MovieGoods.com

Videos

Italy
Video Parade 2

Laserdiscs

Japan
Celebrate with Mickey

DVD

United States
Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald Volume 1 : (1934-1941)
Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #37
Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #26

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor
Animation type : Standard
Sound mix : Mono
Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1
Negative format : 35mm
Print format : 35mm
Cinematographic process : Spherical
Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Gallery

Beach Picnic

Pluto carries a load to the beach
Sketch courtesy of The Animation Celection

Beach Picnic

Sketch courtesy of Animation Art Gallery

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Comments

From Ryan : I didn't care for this short at all. The scenes where Pluto gets stuck in the fly paper gets tiring for me after awhile. The animation, however, is pretty nice.

From Trae Robinson : I notice the ending of this cartoon is just like "Donald & Pluto" where Donald has something stuck to him and Pluto licks him. On "Donald & Pluto," Donald was stuck to magnets, but on this episode Donald is stuck to flypaper.

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