Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In 1947, RKO began re-releasing Disney colour cartoons, and the ones that had originally been released by United Artists were given new opening and closing titles. The 1936 Mickey Mouse short Alpine Climbers was one of those, re-released on April 2, 1948.
The main difference to the original version is that the plain gray background on the title card was replaced by a subtle illustration of footprints in snow. This version was then the basis for the 1967 Buena Vista reissue, where all the titles except the title card were substituted again.
For the earliest theatrical reissues in 1947–48, Disney left the original negatives untouched, which is why the 1936 version is the one we are used to seeing, ever since Disney went back to using the original negatives for their transfers around 1990.
Scanned from a 16mm blue-track IB Technicolor print.
In 1947, RKO began re-releasing Disney colour cartoons, and the ones that had originally been released by United Artists were given new opening and closing titles. The 1936 Mickey Mouse short Alpine Climbers was one of those, re-released on April 2, 1948.
The main difference to the original version is that the plain gray background on the title card was replaced by a subtle illustration of footprints in snow. This version was then the basis for the 1967 Buena Vista reissue, where all the titles except the title card were substituted again.
For the earliest theatrical reissues in 1947–48, Disney left the original negatives untouched, which is why the 1936 version is the one we are used to seeing, ever since Disney went back to using the original negatives for their transfers around 1990.
Scanned from a 16mm blue-track IB Technicolor print.
