Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions was a series of compilation videos of Disney cartoon shorts first released on 1984 in VHS and Betamax. A second series followed in 1985, which was also released on Laserdisc. (Unfortunately, the Laserdiscs of the first series were only released on Japan and are extremely hard to find.) Spun off from the similar Walt Disney Cartoon Classics series, each video contained up to seven cartoon shorts and also began with a historical introduction sequence.
In the first series, the opening sequence for all the videos was one telling a condensed story of Mickey Mouse's early years, using footage of both The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show and Once Upon a Mouse. However, the second series had each introduction sequence directly relating to the shorts featured on the tape.
In 1985, the Limited Gold Editions I series was released on VHS in Italy and the United Kingdom. Apart from the exclusive Laserdisc releases in Japan (released there in 1986), they were also released on CAV and bilingual in that region.
==Releases==
===Limited Gold Edition (1984)===
Cover	Title 	Featured cartoons
 	Mickey 	
*Steamboat Willie (1928)
*Mickey's Grand Opera (1936)
*The Worm Turns (1937)
*Mickey's Parrot (1938)
*Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
*Symphony Hour (1942)
*The Simple Things (1953)
 	Minnie 	
*Plane Crazy (1928)
*Mickey's Rival (1936)
*First Aiders (1944)
*The Nifty Nineties (1941)
*Bath Day (1946)
*Mickey's Delayed Date (1947)
*Figaro and Frankie (1947)
 	Donald 	
*Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)
*The Riveter (1940)
*The Autograph Hound (1939)
*A Good Time for a Dime (1941)
*Donald's Tire Trouble (1943)
*Drip Dippy Donald (1948)
*The New Neighbor (1953)
 	Daisy 	
*Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)
*Cured Duck (1945)
*Dumbell of the Yukon (1946)
*Sleepy Time Donald (1947)
*Donald's Dilemma (1947)
*Donald's Dream Voice (1948)
*Crazy Over Daisy (1950)
 	Pluto 	
*Pluto Junior (1942)
*Canine Casanova (1945)
*Pluto at the Zoo (1942)
*Pluto's Housewarming (1947)
*Pluto's Heart Throb (1950)
*Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
*Wonder Dog (1950)
 	Silly Symphonies 	
*Birds in the Spring (1933)
*The China Shop (1934)
*The Flying Mouse (1934)
*The Cookie Carnival (1935)
*Woodland Café (1937)
*The Moth and the Flame (1938)
*Farmyard Symphony (1938)
 	Disney's Best: The Fabulous '50s	
*Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952)
*Pigs is Pigs (1954)
*Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
*Noah's Ark (1959)
===Limited Gold Edition II (1985)===
Cover	Title 	Featured cartoons
 	Life with Mickey! 	
*Introduction: Mickey's Story
*Shanghaied (1934)
*Mickey's Polo Team (1936)
*Alpine Climbers (1936)
*Mickey's Circus (1936)
*Mickey Down Under (1948)
*R'Coon Dawg (1951)
 	Donald's Bee Pictures 	
*Introduction: The Donald Duck Story
*Inferior Decorator (1948)
*Honey Harvester (1949)
*Slide, Donald, Slide (1949)
*Window Cleaners (1940)
*Bee at the Beach (1950)*
*Bee on Guard (1951)
*Let's Stick Together (1952)
* Earlier pressings featured Tea for Two Hundred instead of Bee at the Beach.
 	The World According to Goofy 	
*Introduction: The Goofy Story
*Goofy's Glider (1940)
*Baggage Buster (1941)
*How to Be a Sailor (1944)
*They're Off (1948)
*Home Made Home (1951)
*Man's Best Friend (1952)
*How to Dance (1953)
 	From Pluto With Love 	
*Introduction: Pluto's Tale
*Pluto's Playmate (1941)
*T-Bone for Two (1942)
*Rescue Dog (1947)
*Pluto's Surprise Package (1949)
*Sheep Dog (1949)
*Cold Turkey (1951)
*Plutopia (1951)
 	An Officer and a Duck 	
*Introduction: Disney's War Years
*Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
*The Vanishing Private (1942)
*Sky Trooper (1942)
*Fall Out-Fall In (1943)
*The Old Army Game (1943)
*Home Defense (1943)
 	The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-1938	
*Introduction: The Silly Symphony Story
*Old King Cole (1933)
*The Pied Piper (1933)
*Music Land (1935)
*Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)
*Merbabies (1938)
*Wynken, Blynken and Nod (1938)
 	How the Best Was Won: 1933-1960 	
*Introduction: And the Winner Is...
*Building a Building (1933)
*Funny Little Bunnies (1934)
*Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
*Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
*Goliath II (1960)
Category:Cartoon short compilation videos