Special Thanks to @Kineko Video for Scanning and Restoring this 35mm reel. https://www.youtube.com/c/KinekoVideo https://twitter.com/kinekovideo For more videos related to this film, check out this curated playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZGphuJMnnwXo43f0Lcg0v3p The Jungle Book (78 min) Synopsis: The “mancub” Mowgli loves his life in the jungle. After rescuing Mowgli as an infant and seeing him raised by a friendly wolf pack, the panther Bagheera determines to escort him to a nearby man-village to protect him from the man-hating tiger Shere Khan, who has recently returned to the jungle. Along the way Bagheera and Mowgli join up with the fun-loving bear Baloo, who claims that “The Bare Necessities” of life are all Mowgli needs to survive and be happy. The trio have many adventures, including an encounter with the ape King Louie, who longs for Mowgli to share man’s secret of how to make fire, declaring “I Wanna Be Like You!” But after several narrow escapes, Mowgli must decide for himself whether to stay in the jungle or rejoin his own kind in the man-village. Cast: Phil Harris (Baloo), Sebastian Cabot (Bagheera), Louis Prima (King Louie), George Sanders (Shere Khan), Sterling Holloway (Kaa), J. Pat O’Malley (Colonel Hathi), and Bruce Reitherman (Mowgli), Songs: “Colonel Hathi’s March,” “The Bare Necessities,” “I Wanna Be Like You,” “Trust in Me,” “That’s What Friends are For,” “My Own Home,” Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Released on October 18, 1967. US Theatrical Reissues: June 9, 1978; July 27, 1984; and July 13, 1990. US Home Media Releases: May 3, 1991 (VHS); February 14, 1992 (LD); October 14, 1997 (VHS/LD); December 7, 1999 (DVD); October 2, 2007 (DVD); February 11, 2014 (BR/DVD); Trivia: • Frames: 112,320 • Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of the jungle was the last animated feature Walt Disney supervised. • The role of Baloo was intended to be much smaller. However, the animation team, led by Ollie Johnston, was inspired by Phil Harris’s dialogue and expanded the role to be one of the major characters. • Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman wrote all the songs except for “The Bare Necessities,” which was written by Terry Gilkyson. • The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song (“The Bare Necessities”) 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.