A lost Disney film has been found in the archives of British Film Archive which hasn’t been seen since its initial release 87 years ago in 1928.
The film is called Sleigh Bells with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit starring. Oswald was the first character created by Disney and was Mickey Mouse’s predecessor.
The film was discovered by a researcher at the British Film Institute and it lasts six minutes. It will be shown at the BFI Southbank on December 12.
Robin Baker, head curator at the BFI National Archive said: ‘What a joyful treat to discover a long-lost Walt Disney film in the BFI National Archive and to be able to show Sleigh Bells to a whole new audience 87 years after it was made.”
Undated handout photo issued by the BFI National Archive of a still from “lost” film Sleigh Bells featuring Disney’s first animated character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which has been unearthed in a British archive and will be shown for the first time in 87 years. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday November 4, 2015. A print of the cartoon, called Sleigh Bells and produced in 1928, was rediscovered by a researcher browsing the BFI National Archive’s online catalogue. See PA story SHOWBIZ Disney. Photo credit should read: Walt Disney Animation Studios Ltd/BFI National Archive/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
